Commuting in Rockcastle County, Kentucky: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Rockcastle County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Rockcastle County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.9 minutes.
Rockcastle County holds about 0.4% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Rockcastle County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,346 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)
Rockcastle County
22.7 min
45.4 min
189 hrs/yr
$5,866
472
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.
On average, it takes
22.7
minutes to get to work in
Rockcastle County.
That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Rockcastle County
Car:
86.8%
Worked at Home:
10.4%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Rockcastle County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Rockcastle County, versus 0.1% in Kentucky.
Biking is essentially absent in Rockcastle County, versus 0.2% in Kentucky.
Commute Mode Trends in Rockcastle County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Rockcastle 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.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
93.3%
3.8%
2.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
93.1%
4.2%
1.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
95.2%
2.8%
1.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.4%
2.8%
1.5%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
94.3%
3.1%
1.2%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.4%
1.5%
1.2%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
94.9%
2.0%
1.1%
1.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.9%
2.6%
1.5%
1.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.6%
1.7%
3.3%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.3%
1.9%
3.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
92.7%
2.2%
4.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.6%
4.0%
4.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.9%
5.5%
3.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
89.7%
8.0%
1.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
88.9%
8.1%
1.3%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
86.8%
10.4%
1.4%
1.2%
0.2%
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 peaked in 2014 at 95.4%. Overall it fell from 93.3% in 2009 to 86.8% in 2024, down 6.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Rockcastle County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 10.4% in 2024, up 6.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 1.4% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Rockcastle County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rockcastle County?
The bars show when commuters in Rockcastle 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 AMRockcastle County11.4%Kentucky5.9%
11.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRockcastle County4.7%Kentucky4.3%
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRockcastle County9.8%Kentucky5.3%
9.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRockcastle County9.8%Kentucky8.3%
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRockcastle County5.7%Kentucky10.3%
5.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRockcastle County14.0%Kentucky14.8%
14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRockcastle County12.2%Kentucky12.4%
12.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRockcastle County9.8%Kentucky9.6%
9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRockcastle County5.3%Kentucky4.5%
5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRockcastle County1.1%Kentucky5.2%
1.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRockcastle County1.6%Kentucky2.5%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRockcastle County1.6%Kentucky1.3%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRockcastle County8.6%Kentucky7.3%
8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRockcastle County4.4%Kentucky8.4%
4.4%
Rockcastle CountyKentuckySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Rockcastle County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 25.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 41.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.2%) 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 Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Rockcastle County
Kentucky
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:16 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:10 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:07 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:11 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:12 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:07 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Rockcastle County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Rockcastle County now leave 19 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 Rockcastle County has moved 7 minutes later.
How does Rockcastle County's commute time compare?
Metric
Rockcastle County
Kentucky
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.7 min
20.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 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
10.4%
10.2%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Rockcastle County is 22.7 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.
Rockcastle County, KY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Rockcastle County, KY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 16,158 residents against a local median of 24,512. Where Rockcastle County, KY breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 17% above the local median of 8.9% at 10.4%.
The counties themselves spread 3.2% on work from home, so Rockcastle County, KY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Rockcastle County, KY has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
Is commuting expensive in Rockcastle County, Kentucky?
Commuters here spend an estimated 189 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,866 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Kentucky commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Rockcastle County, Kentucky?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Kentucky have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Kentucky, the shortest average commutes are in Calloway County (13.9 min), Owsley County (15.0 min), Taylor County (15.3 min). The longest are in Owen County (37.7 min), Spencer County (33.3 min), Bracken County (33.2 min).