Hancock County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hancock County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hancock County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 184 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hancock County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,276 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)
Hancock County	22.0 min	44.1 min	184 hrs/yr	$5,690	701
Tennessee	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,785	1,225
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 22.0 minutes to get to work in Hancock County. That's 2% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hancock County

• Car: 95.0%
• Worked at Home: 4.3%
• Other: 0.7%
• 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

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 0.0% in Tennessee.

Walking is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 1.2% in Tennessee.

Public transit is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 0.4% in Tennessee.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.

Biking is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 0.1% in Tennessee.

Walking or biking to work is essentially absent in Hancock County, versus 1.3% in Tennessee.

Commute Mode Trends in Hancock County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hancock 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	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked
2009	92.7%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.3%
2010	95.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.5%
2011	94.2%	2.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%
2012	92.2%	2.9%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.8%
2013	93.1%	3.0%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%
2014	94.0%	3.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%
2015	90.1%	4.2%	1.6%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%
2016	90.6%	4.2%	0.8%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%
2017	91.7%	3.6%	1.2%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%
2018	92.7%	4.2%	1.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2019	92.1%	4.6%	1.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2020	96.2%	2.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	97.3%	1.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	97.7%	2.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	96.1%	3.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	95.0%	4.3%	0.7%	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 2022 at 97.7% and lowest in 2015 at 90.1%. Overall it rose from 92.7% in 2009 to 95.0% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hancock County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 4.3% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.3% to 0.0% of workers (down 5.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 2.2% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Hancock County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hancock County?

The bars show when commuters in Hancock 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 Tennessee for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Hancock County6.5% Tennessee5.8%	6.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Hancock County1.8% Tennessee4.4%	1.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Hancock County9.3% Tennessee5.5%	9.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Hancock County10.3% Tennessee9.9%	10.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Hancock County11.7% Tennessee10.1%	11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Hancock County10.3% Tennessee14.7%	10.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Hancock County22.0% Tennessee11.5%	22.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Hancock County6.5% Tennessee10.1%	6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Hancock County2.0% Tennessee4.5%	2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Hancock County3.6% Tennessee5.7%	3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Hancock County1.4% Tennessee2.5%	1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Hancock County0.6% Tennessee1.2%	0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Hancock County5.6% Tennessee6.8%	5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Hancock County8.6% Tennessee7.4%	8.6%

Hancock County Tennessee Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Hancock County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Tennessee: 50.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.8%) 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County next to Tennessee 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	Hancock County	Tennessee	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:51 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:50 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:49 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:49 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:43 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:37 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:37 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:28 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hancock County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:41 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Hancock County now leave 8 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 Hancock County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Hancock County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hancock County	Tennessee	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.0 min	22.4 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.3%	12.9%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	1.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hancock County is about the same as in Tennessee.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 0.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau