Ohio County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Ohio County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ohio County spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 237 hours, about 9.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% more time on the road than the Kentucky average of 20.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.6 minutes.

Ohio County holds about 0.5% of Kentucky's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Ohio County would save about 95 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,935 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	28.4 min	56.8 min	237 hrs/yr	$7,338	515
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.

Commute Time Map: Kentucky Counties

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On average, it takes 28.4 minutes to get to work in Ohio County. That's 27% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 86% of counties in Kentucky

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 4.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ohio County

• Car: 94.4%
• Worked at Home: 4.8%
• Walked: 0.5% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Ohio County: 3.5 times less than the Kentucky average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually rare in Ohio County: 3.8 times less than the Kentucky average (0.5% vs 2.0%).

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

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Ohio County: just 0.5%, 4.2 times below the Kentucky average of 2.2%.

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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Public Transportation
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• Motorcycle
• Bicycle
• Other

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	95.9%	1.4%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.9%
2010	96.1%	1.5%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	96.5%	1.3%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	96.3%	1.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2013	95.3%	1.6%	2.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2014	95.5%	1.3%	1.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2015	95.8%	1.3%	1.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2016	96.1%	1.3%	1.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	96.2%	1.2%	1.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	96.2%	1.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	95.0%	2.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	94.1%	4.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	94.4%	3.6%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	93.8%	4.2%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.0%	4.6%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	94.4%	4.8%	0.5%	0.2%	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 2011 at 96.5% and lowest in 2022 at 93.8%. Overall it fell from 95.9% in 2009 to 94.4% in 2024, down 1.5 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ohio County: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 4.8% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.5% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Ohio County

• 🐦 Early BirdThe earliest start among Kentucky's 120 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:52 AM.

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 Kentucky for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Ohio County6.7% Kentucky5.9%	6.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Ohio County5.9% Kentucky4.3%	5.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Ohio County12.0% Kentucky5.3%	12.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Ohio County17.4% Kentucky8.3%	17.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Ohio County11.1% Kentucky10.3%	11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Ohio County15.7% Kentucky14.8%	15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Ohio County7.0% Kentucky12.4%	7.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Ohio County5.7% Kentucky9.6%	5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Ohio County1.2% Kentucky4.5%	1.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Ohio County2.4% Kentucky5.2%	2.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Ohio County1.0% Kentucky2.5%	1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Ohio County0.7% Kentucky1.3%	0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Ohio County5.1% Kentucky7.3%	5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Ohio County8.1% Kentucky8.4%	8.1%

Ohio County Kentucky 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 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.3% across Kentucky. Early starts are more common than in Kentucky: 24.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kentucky: 39.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 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.

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• Kentucky
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Ohio County	Kentucky	United States
2009	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:06 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:59 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:02 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:01 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:02 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:05 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:04 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:02 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	6:56 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:53 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:52 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ohio County were on the road by 6:52 AM, 19 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:11 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kentucky, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Ohio County now leave 46 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 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Ohio County in the whole series.

How does Ohio County's commute time compare?

Metric	Ohio County	Kentucky	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.4 min	20.8 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	4.8%	10.2%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Ohio County is 28.4 minutes, longer than the 20.8 minutes in Kentucky.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Kentucky. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Kentucky.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau