Commuting in Huron 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 Huron County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Huron 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 169 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.
Huron County holds about 0.5% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Huron County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,096 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)
Huron County
20.3 min
40.6 min
169 hrs/yr
$5,241
636
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
20.3
minutes to get to work in
Huron County.
That's 9% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Huron County
Car:
90.9%
Worked at Home:
5.4%
Walked:
2.1%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Huron County, versus 0.2% in Ohio.
Commute Mode Trends in Huron County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Huron 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
93.1%
2.5%
2.1%
0.5%
0.4%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
92.9%
2.5%
2.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
93.2%
2.4%
2.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
93.2%
2.0%
2.9%
0.5%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
92.5%
2.1%
3.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
92.6%
2.3%
2.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.4%
2015
92.1%
2.3%
3.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.8%
0.1%
0.4%
2016
92.4%
2.7%
2.3%
0.5%
0.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.5%
2017
93.0%
2.7%
2.2%
0.6%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
93.2%
2.4%
2.3%
0.4%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
93.5%
2.3%
2.5%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
93.7%
3.0%
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
92.7%
3.5%
2.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
92.1%
4.1%
2.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
91.8%
4.9%
1.7%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
90.9%
5.4%
2.1%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%
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 2020 at 93.7%. Overall it fell from 93.1% in 2009 to 90.9% in 2024, down 2.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Huron County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 5.4% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.4% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 3.3% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 2.1%.
Commute Start Times in Huron County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Huron County?
The bars show when commuters in Huron 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 AMHuron County7.6%Ohio5.2%
7.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHuron County5.7%Ohio3.9%
5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHuron County7.1%Ohio5.3%
7.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHuron County11.3%Ohio8.4%
11.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHuron County12.4%Ohio10.1%
12.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHuron County12.7%Ohio13.4%
12.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHuron County10.2%Ohio12.2%
10.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHuron County7.3%Ohio10.5%
7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHuron County2.9%Ohio5.5%
2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHuron County4.2%Ohio6.0%
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHuron County2.3%Ohio2.8%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHuron County1.3%Ohio1.5%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHuron County6.9%Ohio7.7%
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHuron County8.2%Ohio7.8%
8.2%
Huron CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Huron County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 20.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 42.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.9%) 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 Huron 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 Huron 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 Huron 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
Huron County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:30 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:27 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:24 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:20 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:18 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:20 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:19 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:14 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Huron County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:29 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Huron County now leave 24 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 Huron County has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Huron County in the whole series.
How does Huron County's commute time compare?
Metric
Huron County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.3 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.4%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
2.1%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Huron County is 20.3 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Huron County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Huron County, OH is typical in size for this group, 58,319 residents against a local median of 54,770, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Huron County, OH an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 15% above the local median at 20.3 min against 17.7 min. Huron County, OH has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Huron County, Ohio.
Is commuting expensive in Huron County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 169 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,241 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Huron County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Huron County, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 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).