Trimble County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Trimble County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Trimble 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 1.8 minutes.

Trimble County holds about 0.2% of Kentucky's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Trimble County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,338 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)
Trimble County	22.6 min	45.2 min	189 hrs/yr	$5,844	644
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 22.6 minutes to get to work in Trimble 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 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 4.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Trimble County

• Car: 89.3%
• Walked: 4.2%
• Worked at Home: 4.1%
• Other: 2.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Trimble County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Trimble 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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• Walked
• Worked at Home
• Other
• Public Transportation
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	91.0%	3.7%	3.2%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	90.8%	3.1%	4.0%	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	91.8%	1.6%	4.5%	1.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	94.4%	1.2%	2.6%	1.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	95.0%	0.5%	2.3%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	96.0%	0.2%	2.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	96.3%	0.3%	2.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	95.5%	0.3%	3.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.3%	0.2%	4.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	93.4%	0.2%	4.7%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.9%	0.8%	5.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.1%	1.1%	6.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.9%	1.4%	4.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	93.8%	2.0%	3.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.4%	3.0%	5.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.3%	4.2%	4.1%	2.4%	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 peaked in 2015 at 96.3%. Overall it fell from 91.0% in 2009 to 89.3% in 2024, down 1.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Trimble County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 4.1% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 6.5% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 4.1%.

Commute Start Times in Trimble County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Trimble County?

The bars show when commuters in Trimble 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 Trimble County13.3% Kentucky5.9%	13.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Trimble County4.2% Kentucky4.3%	4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Trimble County7.4% Kentucky5.3%	7.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Trimble County10.5% Kentucky8.3%	10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Trimble County6.3% Kentucky10.3%	6.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Trimble County14.8% Kentucky14.8%	14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Trimble County8.8% Kentucky12.4%	8.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Trimble County12.3% Kentucky9.6%	12.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Trimble County6.8% Kentucky4.5%	6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Trimble County2.9% Kentucky5.2%	2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Trimble County2.8% Kentucky2.5%	2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Trimble County1.5% Kentucky1.3%	1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Trimble County3.0% Kentucky7.3%	3.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Trimble County5.5% Kentucky8.4%	5.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Trimble County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 24.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 42.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.7%) 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 Trimble 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 Trimble 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 Trimble 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.

• Trimble County
• Kentucky
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Trimble County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:08 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:03 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:58 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:59 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:55 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:45 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:52 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:00 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:54 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:14 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:17 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Trimble County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:23 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Trimble County now leave 21 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 Trimble County has moved 26 minutes later.

How does Trimble County's commute time compare?

Metric	Trimble County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.6 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	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.1%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Trimble County is 22.6 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 4.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau