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Commuting in Ohio County, Indiana: 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 Ohio County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ohio County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 254 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 9.4 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Ohio County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,150 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)
Ohio County 30.5 min 61.0 min 254 hrs/yr $7,876 1,091
Indiana 21.1 min 42.2 min 176 hrs/yr $5,455 1,308
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: Indiana Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Indiana
  1. Knox County (15.8 min)
  2. Howard County (15.9 min)
  3. Daviess County (16.3 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Indiana
  1. Crawford County (33.6 min)
  2. Brown County (32.6 min)
  3. Franklin County (31.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Ohio County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 30.5 minutes to get to work in Ohio County. That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 95% of counties in Indiana

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ohio County

  • Car: 89.0%
  • Worked at Home: 9.3%
  • Walked: 1.7%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Ohio County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.

Public transit is essentially absent in Ohio County, versus 0.6% in Indiana.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Ohio County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.

Biking is essentially absent in Ohio County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.

Commute Mode Trends in Ohio County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ohio 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other
2009 94.6% 1.6% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.1%
2010 95.0% 2.7% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6%
2011 93.8% 3.6% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.6%
2012 93.5% 3.3% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.8%
2013 93.8% 2.6% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.6%
2014 93.8% 2.5% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.6%
2015 94.6% 1.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.8%
2016 95.3% 0.9% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1%
2017 93.5% 1.7% 3.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2018 93.8% 2.0% 3.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2019 93.3% 1.8% 3.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 1.1%
2020 92.7% 2.0% 3.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 1.5%
2021 91.7% 3.0% 3.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 1.0%
2022 92.1% 5.1% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.8%
2023 91.6% 6.5% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1%
2024 89.0% 9.3% 1.7% 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 peaked in 2016 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 94.6% in 2009 to 89.0% in 2024, down 5.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ohio County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 9.3% in 2024, up 7.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.7% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Ohio County

  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Indiana's 92 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:43 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Indiana's 92 counties: the typical start is 37 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ohio County?

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

12:00-4:59 AM
11.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
8.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
18.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.4%

Ohio County Indiana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Ohio County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.5% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 27.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 35.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.9%) 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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio County next to Indiana 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 Ohio County Indiana United States
2009 7:21 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:18 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:19 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:22 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:19 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:11 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:13 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:11 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:09 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:07 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:06 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:49 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:48 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:47 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:43 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:44 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ohio County were on the road by 6:44 AM, 37 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:21 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Ohio County now leave 54 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 Ohio County has moved 23 minutes earlier.

How does Ohio County's commute time compare?

Metric Ohio County Indiana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 30.5 min 21.1 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.3% 10.7% 15.0%
Walked 1.7% 1.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Ohio County is 30.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ohio County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Ohio County, IN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,998 residents against a local median of 10,949. Where Ohio County, IN breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 59% above the local median of 5.9% at 9.3%.

The counties themselves spread 8.8% on work from home, so Ohio County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Ohio County, IN has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Ohio County, IN 5,998 30.5 min #4/6 9.3% #3/6 6:43 AM #1/6
Switzerland County, IN 9,908 31.5 min 5.9% 6:57 AM
Dearborn County, IN 51,094 30.1 min 9.7% 7:14 AM
Gallatin County, KY 8,769 30.5 min 4.5% 7:09 AM
Boone County, KY 139,822 21.8 min 13.4% 7:31 AM
Carroll County, KY 10,949 18.6 min 4.8% 7:01 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ohio County, Indiana.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Ohio County, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 254 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,876 at a typical national wage. That's 44% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Ohio County, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Ohio County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Ohio County, Indiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Indiana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Indiana?

Among counties in Indiana, the shortest average commutes are in Knox County (15.8 min), Howard County (15.9 min), Daviess County (16.3 min). The longest are in Crawford County (33.6 min), Brown County (32.6 min), Franklin County (31.9 min).