Commuting in Belmont County, 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 Belmont County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Belmont County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 172 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.
Belmont County holds about 0.6% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Belmont County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,137 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)
Belmont County
20.7 min
41.4 min
172 hrs/yr
$5,344
870
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.
On average, it takes
20.7
minutes to get to work in
Belmont County.
That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Belmont County
Car:
90.6%
Worked at Home:
6.9%
Walked:
1.8%
Other:
0.5%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Belmont County: 5.7 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Belmont County: 14.0 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 1.0%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Belmont County, versus 0.2% in Ohio.
Biking is unusually rare in Belmont County: 27.4 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Belmont County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Belmont 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
94.2%
2.1%
2.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2010
94.8%
2.0%
2.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
94.7%
1.9%
2.3%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
94.9%
1.8%
2.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
94.5%
1.9%
2.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
94.6%
1.8%
2.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
93.9%
1.9%
2.6%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.9%
1.9%
2.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
94.4%
2.0%
2.3%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.7%
2.1%
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
95.2%
2.3%
1.5%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
95.3%
2.8%
1.1%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.7%
3.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.0%
4.5%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.6%
5.5%
1.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.6%
6.9%
1.8%
0.5%
0.1%
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 2020 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 90.6% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Belmont County: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 1.8% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Belmont County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Belmont County?
The bars show when commuters in Belmont 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 Ohio for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMBelmont County5.6%Ohio5.2%
5.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBelmont County4.7%Ohio3.9%
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBelmont County5.1%Ohio5.3%
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBelmont County9.3%Ohio8.4%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBelmont County8.1%Ohio10.1%
8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBelmont County12.3%Ohio13.4%
12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBelmont County14.0%Ohio12.2%
14.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBelmont County11.8%Ohio10.5%
11.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBelmont County4.2%Ohio5.5%
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBelmont County4.3%Ohio6.0%
4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBelmont County2.6%Ohio2.8%
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBelmont County0.7%Ohio1.5%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBelmont County9.3%Ohio7.7%
9.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBelmont County7.9%Ohio7.8%
7.9%
Belmont CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Belmont County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.2% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 15.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 46.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.8%) 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 Belmont 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 Belmont 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 Belmont County 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
Belmont County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:38 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:37 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:37 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:32 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:33 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:28 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:26 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:29 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Belmont County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:38 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Belmont County now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Belmont County has moved 12 minutes later.
How does Belmont County's commute time compare?
Metric
Belmont County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.7 min
21.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
6.9%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Belmont County is about the same as in Ohio.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Belmont County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Belmont County, OH is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 65,473 residents against a local median of 29,868. Nothing separates Belmont County, OH sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 10% below the local median at 20.7 min against 23.0 min. Belmont County, OH has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Belmont County, Ohio.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Belmont County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 172 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,344 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Belmont County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Belmont County, Ohio. 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.
Do people use public transit in Belmont County, 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.
Which counties in Ohio have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Ohio, the shortest average commutes are in Hancock County (15.3 min), Van Wert County (15.5 min), Mercer County (16.0 min). The longest are in Morgan County (32.5 min), Vinton County (32.0 min), Brown County (32.0 min).