Robertson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Robertson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Robertson County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 256 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 48% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 9.9 minutes.

Robertson County holds about 0.1% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Robertson County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,169 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Robertson County	30.7 min	61.3 min	256 hrs/yr	$7,923	354
Kentucky	20.8 min	41.6 min	173 hrs/yr	$5,369	832
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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On average, it takes 30.7 minutes to get to work in Robertson County. That's 37% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 91% of counties in Kentucky

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Robertson County

• Car: 96.8%
• Worked at Home: 3.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Walked: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Robertson County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

Walking is essentially absent in Robertson County, versus 2.0% in Kentucky.

Public transit is essentially absent in Robertson County, versus 0.6% in Kentucky.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Robertson County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.

Working from home is unusually rare in Robertson County: 3.2 times less than the Kentucky average (3.2% vs 10.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in Robertson County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.

Walking or biking to work is essentially absent in Robertson County, versus 2.2% in Kentucky.

Commute Mode Trends in Robertson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Robertson County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked	Other
2009	89.2%	7.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%
2010	87.2%	8.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.6%	0.0%
2011	80.5%	14.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%	0.0%
2012	82.3%	12.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.0%	0.0%
2013	88.6%	9.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.4%	0.0%
2014	93.4%	4.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.5%
2015	92.9%	5.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.5%
2016	95.6%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.4%
2017	95.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.4%	0.5%
2018	94.2%	3.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%	0.3%
2019	92.0%	6.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%
2020	94.4%	4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%
2021	94.4%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.6%	5.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	97.3%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	96.8%	3.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2023 at 97.3% and lowest in 2011 at 80.5%. Overall it rose from 89.2% in 2009 to 96.8% in 2024, up 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 7.5% to 3.2% of workers (down 4.3 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 5.0% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Robertson County

• 🧘 Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Kentucky's 120 counties: only 32.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Robertson County?

The bars show when commuters in Robertson County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Kentucky for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Robertson County10.5% Kentucky5.9%	10.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Robertson County7.2% Kentucky4.3%	7.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Robertson County8.6% Kentucky5.3%	8.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Robertson County14.7% Kentucky8.3%	14.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Robertson County6.0% Kentucky10.3%	6.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Robertson County9.8% Kentucky14.8%	9.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Robertson County14.7% Kentucky12.4%	14.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Robertson County2.0% Kentucky9.6%	2.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Robertson County2.0% Kentucky4.5%	2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Robertson County0.5% Kentucky5.2%	0.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Robertson County10.9% Kentucky2.5%	10.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Robertson County0.3% Kentucky1.3%	0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Robertson County3.1% Kentucky7.3%	3.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Robertson County9.7% Kentucky8.4%	9.7%

Robertson County Kentucky Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Robertson County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 26.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 32.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.4%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Robertson County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Robertson County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Robertson County next to Kentucky and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Robertson County	Kentucky	United States
2009	6:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:08 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:16 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:18 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Robertson County were on the road by 7:09 AM, 15 minutes later than in 2009 (6:54 AM). That goes against the trend across Kentucky, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Robertson County now leave 29 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Robertson County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Robertson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Robertson County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.7 min	20.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.2%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Robertson County is 30.7 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 0.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau