Jackson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jackson County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 174 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Jackson County 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 Jackson County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,163 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)
Jackson County	20.9 min	41.9 min	174 hrs/yr	$5,407	593
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

Hancock County (15.3 min)
Van Wert County (15.5 min)
Mercer County (16.0 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Ohio

Morgan County (32.5 min)
Vinton County (32.0 min)
Brown County (32.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Jackson County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.9 minutes to get to work in Jackson 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 6.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jackson County

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Jackson County: 4.0 times less than the Ohio average (0.2% vs 1.0%).

Commute Mode Trends in Jackson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jackson 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	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	94.8%	2.5%	1.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	95.0%	2.5%	2.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	94.8%	2.0%	2.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	95.4%	1.7%	1.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	94.8%	1.8%	2.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	94.7%	1.9%	2.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	94.8%	1.6%	2.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	95.1%	2.3%	2.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	94.0%	2.4%	2.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	94.6%	1.9%	2.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.7%	2.2%	3.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.4%	2.9%	2.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.5%	3.3%	3.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	89.7%	5.0%	4.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	89.3%	5.8%	3.6%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.1%	6.0%	2.6%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2012 at 95.4% and lowest in 2023 at 89.3%. Overall it fell from 94.8% in 2009 to 90.1% in 2024, down 4.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jackson County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 6.0% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 4.1% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 2.6%.

Commute Start Times in Jackson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jackson County?

The bars show when commuters in Jackson 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		7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jackson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 17.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 42.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.8%) 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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	Jackson County	Ohio	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:31 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:26 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:34 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:35 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:36 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jackson County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Jackson County now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Jackson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Jackson County	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.9 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	6.0%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jackson County is about the same as in Ohio.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Jackson County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Jackson County, OH is typical in size for this group, 32,650 residents against a local median of 29,068, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Nothing separates Jackson 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, 7% above the local median at 6.0% against 5.6%. Jackson County, OH has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Jackson County, OH	32,650	20.9 min #3/6	6.0% #3/6	7:35 AM #6/6
Vinton County, OH	12,630	32.0 min	10.0%	7:20 AM
Gallia County, OH	29,068	18.9 min	8.0%	7:25 AM
Lawrence County, OH	56,809	20.9 min	5.2%	7:28 AM
Scioto County, OH	72,625	21.6 min	5.6%	7:34 AM
Pike County, OH	27,044	22.7 min	5.2%	7:09 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jackson County, Ohio.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 174 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,407 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Jackson 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.

Do people use public transit in Jackson County, Ohio?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in Ohio have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).