Commuting in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Fulton 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 173 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 0.3 minutes.
Fulton County holds about 0.4% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Fulton County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,143 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)
Fulton County
20.7 min
41.5 min
173 hrs/yr
$5,359
826
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
Fulton County.
That's 7% 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 5.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Fulton County
Car:
91.9%
Worked at Home:
5.3%
Walked:
1.7%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Other:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Fulton County, versus 0.2% in Ohio.
Commute Mode Trends in Fulton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Fulton 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
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
93.8%
2.7%
2.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
2010
93.9%
2.8%
1.6%
0.1%
0.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
93.3%
3.2%
1.6%
0.1%
1.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
93.5%
2.9%
1.6%
0.2%
1.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
93.2%
3.5%
1.7%
0.1%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
93.7%
3.2%
1.6%
0.1%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
94.1%
2.9%
1.5%
0.1%
0.9%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
94.7%
2.6%
1.6%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2017
94.6%
2.6%
1.9%
0.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
94.7%
2.5%
1.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2019
95.0%
2.2%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
93.9%
2.9%
2.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
94.0%
3.2%
1.8%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
93.7%
3.8%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
93.4%
4.0%
1.8%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
91.9%
5.3%
1.7%
0.4%
0.4%
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 2019 at 95.0%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 91.9% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Fulton County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 5.3% in 2024, up 2.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Fulton County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Fulton County?
The bars show when commuters in Fulton 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 AMFulton County5.8%Ohio5.2%
5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMFulton County4.4%Ohio3.9%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMFulton County6.5%Ohio5.3%
6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMFulton County11.7%Ohio8.4%
11.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMFulton County10.7%Ohio10.1%
10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMFulton County15.4%Ohio13.4%
15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMFulton County12.6%Ohio12.2%
12.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMFulton County7.7%Ohio10.5%
7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMFulton County3.1%Ohio5.5%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMFulton County3.5%Ohio6.0%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMFulton County1.5%Ohio2.8%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMFulton County1.1%Ohio1.5%
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMFulton County8.1%Ohio7.7%
8.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMFulton County7.9%Ohio7.8%
7.9%
Fulton CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Fulton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 46.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.1%) 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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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
Fulton County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:29 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:29 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:28 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:28 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:29 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:28 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:28 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Fulton County were on the road by 7:21 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Fulton County now leave 17 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 Fulton County has moved 7 minutes earlier.
How does Fulton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Fulton County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.7 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.3%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Fulton County is about the same as in Ohio.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Fulton County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Fulton County, OH is typical in size for this group, 42,240 residents against a local median of 38,343, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Nothing separates Fulton 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 work from home, 12% below the local median at 5.3% against 6.0%. Fulton County, OH has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Fulton County, Ohio.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Fulton County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 173 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,359 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Fulton County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Fulton 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.
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).