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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Kentucky (2026)

Calloway has the lowest commute time of any county in Kentucky, at 17.3 min, followed by McCracken and Cumberland. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Kentucky

Top 25 of 120 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Kentucky
RankCountyValue
1Calloway17.3 min
2McCracken17.6 min
3Cumberland19.2 min
4Daviess19.3 min
5Russell19.8 min
6Franklin20.0 min
7Christian20.1 min
8Warren20.3 min
9Clinton20.4 min
10Graves20.7 min
11Fayette20.9 min
12Fulton20.9 min
13Simpson21.0 min
14Hickman21.2 min
15Hopkins21.3 min
16Boyle21.3 min
17Boyd22.1 min
18Union22.1 min
19Scott22.2 min
20Jefferson22.2 min
21Kenton22.3 min
22Marion22.4 min
23Hardin22.4 min
24Washington22.4 min
25Laurel22.6 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Kentucky counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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