Grove City Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Grove City, 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 Grove City: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Grove City spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 180 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Grove City holds about 0.3% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Grove City would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,230 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)
Grove City	21.6 min	43.2 min	180 hrs/yr	$5,575	2,818
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.

Grove City Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.6 minutes to get to work in Grove City. That's 4% 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 15.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Grove City

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Grove City, versus 0.1% in Ohio.

Public transit is unusually rare in Grove City: 3.4 times less than the Ohio average (0.3% vs 1.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Grove City: 3.8 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Grove City, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Grove City 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	94.1%	2.7%	1.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%
2010	91.6%	3.3%	1.6%	0.3%	2.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%
2011	92.3%	3.9%	1.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%
2012	93.2%	3.7%	1.1%	0.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
2013	93.1%	3.8%	0.4%	1.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
2014	94.4%	3.3%	0.3%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2015	94.8%	3.2%	0.4%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	94.3%	3.2%	1.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	94.0%	3.2%	1.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	95.1%	2.4%	1.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	94.3%	2.9%	1.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	90.9%	6.6%	1.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	90.3%	7.6%	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	87.8%	9.4%	1.4%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	84.4%	13.0%	1.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	82.6%	15.0%	1.5%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2018 at 95.1%. Overall it fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 82.6% in 2024, down 11.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Grove City: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 15.0% in 2024, up 12.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 2.3% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in Grove City

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grove City?

The bars show when commuters in Grove City 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		3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

Grove City Ohio Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Grove City is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.2% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 11.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Ohio: 50.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 Grove City, 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 Grove City 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 Grove City 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	Grove City	Ohio	United States
2009	7:39 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	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:34 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:36 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Grove City were on the road by 7:41 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:39 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Grove City now leave 3 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 Grove City has moved 13 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Grove City in the whole series.

How does Grove City's commute time compare?

Metric	Grove City	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.6 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	15.0%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Grove City is 21.6 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Grove City, Ohio.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Grove City, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 180 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,575 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Grove City, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Grove City, 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.

How common is public transit use in Grove City, 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.