Commuting in Butler 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 Butler County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Butler County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 184 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.
Butler County holds about 3.3% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 3.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Butler County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,283 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)
Butler County
22.1 min
44.2 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,707
2,174
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
22.1
minutes to get to work in
Butler County.
That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Butler County
Car:
83.3%
Worked at Home:
13.3%
Walked:
1.8%
Other:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Butler County: 3.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.3% vs 1.0%).
Commute Mode Trends in Butler County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Butler 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.0%
3.8%
2.4%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
91.8%
3.8%
2.6%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
91.7%
3.7%
2.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2012
91.9%
3.6%
2.6%
0.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2013
92.1%
3.6%
2.5%
0.5%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2014
92.4%
3.5%
2.5%
0.5%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
92.6%
3.5%
2.3%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
92.4%
3.9%
2.2%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
92.3%
4.2%
2.0%
0.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
92.0%
4.6%
2.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
91.6%
4.9%
2.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
90.5%
6.5%
1.8%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
88.7%
8.5%
1.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
86.8%
10.1%
1.8%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
85.0%
11.8%
1.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
83.3%
13.3%
1.8%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 92.0% in 2009 to 83.3% in 2024, down 8.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Butler County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 13.3% in 2024, up 9.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 1.8% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Butler County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Butler County?
The bars show when commuters in Butler 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 AMButler County4.8%Ohio5.2%
4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMButler County3.5%Ohio3.9%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMButler County4.7%Ohio5.3%
4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMButler County9.4%Ohio8.4%
9.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMButler County10.9%Ohio10.1%
10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMButler County13.6%Ohio13.4%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMButler County11.4%Ohio12.2%
11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMButler County10.7%Ohio10.5%
10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMButler County4.8%Ohio5.5%
4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMButler County6.7%Ohio6.0%
6.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMButler County2.6%Ohio2.8%
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMButler County1.7%Ohio1.5%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMButler County7.6%Ohio7.7%
7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMButler County7.5%Ohio7.8%
7.5%
Butler CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Butler County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 13.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 46.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.1%) 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 Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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
Butler County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:42 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:37 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Butler County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). Ohio followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Butler County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Butler County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Butler County's commute time compare?
Metric
Butler County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.1 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.3%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Butler County is 22.1 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Butler County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Butler County, OH is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 393,616 residents against a local median of 249,858. Butler County, OH sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 11% above the local median at 13.3% against 12.0%. Butler County, OH has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Butler County, Ohio.
Is commuting expensive in Butler County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 184 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,707 at a typical national wage. That's 5% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Butler County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Butler County, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Butler County, Ohio?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Ohio?
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).