Avon Lake Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Avon Lake, Ohio: 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 Avon Lake: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Avon Lake spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 198 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

Avon Lake holds about 0.2% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Avon Lake would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,453 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)
Avon Lake	23.7 min	47.5 min	198 hrs/yr	$6,134	2,374
Ohio	21.1 min	42.2 min	176 hrs/yr	$5,447	1,212
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.

Avon Lake Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.7 minutes to get to work in Avon Lake. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 23.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Avon Lake

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Avon Lake, versus 0.1% in Ohio.

Walking is unusually rare in Avon Lake: 8.0 times less than the Ohio average (0.2% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Avon Lake: 7.8 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 1.0%).

Biking is unusually rare in Avon Lake: 3.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Avon Lake: just 0.3%, 6.8 times below the Ohio average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Avon Lake, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Avon Lake 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	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	93.3%	3.2%	0.6%	1.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2010	94.6%	2.4%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2011	93.6%	3.1%	0.6%	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	93.6%	3.2%	0.7%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.1%
2013	92.3%	3.5%	0.7%	1.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2014	92.0%	4.4%	0.1%	2.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2015	91.0%	5.1%	0.2%	1.7%	1.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	90.7%	5.6%	0.4%	1.5%	1.1%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%
2017	90.2%	6.8%	0.5%	1.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	89.2%	7.4%	1.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	88.7%	7.1%	2.4%	0.6%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	88.1%	7.9%	2.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	84.7%	11.3%	2.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	81.5%	13.9%	2.9%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	79.0%	17.7%	2.1%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	74.5%	23.1%	2.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 94.6%. Overall it fell from 93.3% in 2009 to 74.5% in 2024, down 18.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 12 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Avon Lake: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 23.1% in 2024, up 19.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.1% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 2.0% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.

Commute Start Times in Avon Lake

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Avon Lake?

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

12:00-4:59 AM		5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.1%

Avon Lake Ohio Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Avon Lake is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 10.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Ohio: 52.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.2%) 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 Avon Lake, 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 Avon Lake 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 Avon Lake next to Ohio 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	Avon Lake	Ohio	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:31 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:39 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:43 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Avon Lake were on the road by 7:37 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Avon Lake now leave 1 minute earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Avon Lake's commute time compare?

Metric	Avon Lake	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.7 min	21.1 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	23.1%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Avon Lake is 23.7 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Avon Lake, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Avon Lake, OH compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Avon Lake, OH	20,624	23.7 min #3/3	23.1% #2/3	7:37 AM #1/3
Avon, OH	25,317	22.5 min	23.2%	7:46 AM
Westlake, OH	34,104	22.9 min	21.4%	7:53 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Avon Lake, Ohio.

Is living in Avon Lake, Ohio good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 198 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,134 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Avon Lake, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Avon Lake, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Avon Lake, Ohio?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Avon Lake, Ohio?

About 23.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Avon Lake would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,453 at the same national wage assumption used above.