Pricing
Map Drive-Time Zone10-min drive time • PDF report

Hocking County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Help

Commuting in Hocking County, Ohio: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

You 9/24/26, 8:07 PM
What does a typical morning commute look like in Hocking County?
Map AI 9/24/26, 8:07 PM

Commute Time Burden in Hocking County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hocking County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 221 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.4 minutes.

Hocking County holds about 0.2% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hocking County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,740 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)
Hocking County 26.5 min 53.0 min 221 hrs/yr $6,849 625
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.

Commute Time Map: Ohio Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Ohio
  1. Hancock County (15.3 min)
  2. Van Wert County (15.5 min)
  3. Mercer County (16.0 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Ohio
  1. Morgan County (32.5 min)
  2. Vinton County (32.0 min)
  3. Brown County (32.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Hocking County
Click a county to open it Explore the map →
Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.5 minutes to get to work in Hocking County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 85% of counties in Ohio

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 6.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hocking County

  • Car: 91.2%
  • Worked at Home: 6.9%
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hocking County, versus 0.1% in Ohio.

Public transit is unusually rare in Hocking County: 30.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 1.0%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hocking County, versus 0.2% in Ohio.

Biking is essentially absent in Hocking County, versus 0.3% in Ohio.

Commute Mode Trends in Hocking County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hocking 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 Other Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 93.8% 2.9% 0.4% 2.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2010 94.8% 2.5% 0.4% 2.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.8% 3.4% 0.8% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.2% 3.3% 0.5% 1.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2013 94.2% 3.1% 0.4% 1.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2014 93.2% 3.5% 0.8% 1.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 93.8% 3.1% 0.5% 1.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2016 93.0% 3.5% 0.4% 1.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.1%
2017 92.8% 3.6% 0.6% 1.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2018 92.2% 4.1% 0.7% 1.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2019 92.4% 3.8% 0.8% 1.6% 0.9% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
2020 92.0% 4.7% 0.6% 1.5% 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
2021 92.3% 4.5% 0.8% 1.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
2022 91.6% 5.8% 0.9% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2023 91.5% 6.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2024 91.2% 6.9% 1.0% 0.9% 0.0% 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 2010 at 94.8%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, down 2.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hocking County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 0.9% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Hocking County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Ohio's 88 counties: the typical start is 18 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hocking County?

The bars show when commuters in Hocking 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
6.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
9.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.2%

Hocking County Ohio Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Hocking County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 18.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 42.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.4%) 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 Hocking 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 Hocking 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 Hocking 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 Hocking County Ohio United States
2009 7:14 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:12 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:19 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:22 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:24 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:29 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:23 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:19 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:16 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:14 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:17 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:22 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:23 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:32 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hocking County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Hocking County now leave 6 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 Hocking County has moved 19 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Hocking County in the whole series.

How does Hocking County's commute time compare?

Metric Hocking County Ohio US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.5 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 6.9% 13.0% 15.0%
Walked 0.9% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.0% 3.2%

The average commute time in Hocking County is 26.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hocking County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Hocking County, OH is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 27,799 residents against a local median of 35,535. The measure that sets Hocking County, OH apart most is work from home: 6.9%, 31% below the local median of 10.0%.

The counties themselves spread 9.4% on work from home, so Hocking County, OH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hocking County, OH has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Hocking County, OH 27,799 26.5 min #3/6 6.9% #4/6 7:32 AM #4/6
Vinton County, OH 12,630 32.0 min 10.0% 7:20 AM
Fairfield County, OH 163,453 26.8 min 14.5% 7:25 AM
Perry County, OH 35,535 30.5 min 5.1% 7:14 AM
Athens County, OH 61,737 17.4 min 13.1% 8:05 AM
Jackson County, OH 32,650 20.9 min 6.0% 7:35 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hocking County, Ohio.

Is living in Hocking County, Ohio good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 221 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,849 at a typical national wage. That's 26% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Hocking County, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hocking County, 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.

Do people use public transit in Hocking County, Ohio?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).