Hardin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hardin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hardin County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 157 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% less time on the road than the Tennessee average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.6 minutes.

Hardin County holds about 0.4% of Tennessee's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hardin County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,941 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)
Hardin County	18.8 min	37.6 min	157 hrs/yr	$4,853	378
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.

Commute Time Map: Tennessee Counties

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On average, it takes 18.8 minutes to get to work in Hardin County. That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 88% of counties in Tennessee

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 7.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hardin County

• Car: 91.0%
• Worked at Home: 7.3%
• Other: 1.1%
• Walked: 0.6%
• 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 Hardin County, versus 0.0% in Tennessee.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Hardin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hardin 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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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	96.7%	2.0%	0.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	95.9%	2.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	96.1%	2.2%	0.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	96.1%	2.0%	0.7%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	94.8%	3.1%	0.7%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	92.6%	4.8%	1.0%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2015	92.6%	4.8%	1.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2016	91.5%	5.9%	1.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2017	88.9%	8.4%	1.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2018	89.6%	8.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2019	91.1%	7.0%	1.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	91.3%	6.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	90.4%	8.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.7%	6.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.3%	7.0%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	91.0%	7.3%	1.1%	0.6%	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 bottomed out in 2017 at 88.9%. Overall it fell from 96.7% in 2009 to 91.0% in 2024, down 5.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hardin County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 7.3% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points.

Working from home peaked at 8.4% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 7.3%.

Commute Start Times in Hardin County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hardin County?

The bars show when commuters in Hardin 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 Hardin County5.8% Tennessee5.8%	5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Hardin County8.0% Tennessee4.4%	8.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Hardin County10.8% Tennessee5.5%	10.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Hardin County9.8% Tennessee9.9%	9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Hardin County9.2% Tennessee10.1%	9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Hardin County14.2% Tennessee14.7%	14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Hardin County13.3% Tennessee11.5%	13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Hardin County8.5% Tennessee10.1%	8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Hardin County1.4% Tennessee4.5%	1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Hardin County4.8% Tennessee5.7%	4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Hardin County2.6% Tennessee2.5%	2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Hardin County0.3% Tennessee1.2%	0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Hardin County5.0% Tennessee6.8%	5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Hardin County6.3% Tennessee7.4%	6.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hardin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Tennessee. Early starts are more common than in Tennessee: 24.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Tennessee's: 45.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.0%) 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 Hardin 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 Hardin 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 Hardin 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.

• Hardin County
• Tennessee
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Hardin County	Tennessee	United States
2009	7:10 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:07 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:08 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:12 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:19 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:18 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:15 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:18 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:15 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:16 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:13 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:13 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hardin County were on the road by 7:13 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:10 AM). Across Tennessee, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Hardin County now leave 24 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 Hardin County has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Hardin County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hardin County	Tennessee	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.8 min	22.4 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	7.3%	12.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hardin County is 18.8 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Tennessee.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Tennessee. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.2% in Tennessee.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau