Kent Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Kent, 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 Kent: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kent spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.

Kent holds about 0.2% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Kent would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,876 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)
Kent	18.2 min	36.3 min	151 hrs/yr	$4,689	2,703
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.

Kent Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.2 minutes to get to work in Kent. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kent

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Kent: 44.7 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually common in Kent: 5.1 times more than the Ohio average (10.0% vs 2.0%).

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

Biking is unusually common in Kent: 3.2 times more than the Ohio average (0.9% vs 0.3%).

Kent stands out for active commuting: 10.9% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.9 times the Ohio average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Kent, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kent 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	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	83.4%	3.2%	10.9%	1.4%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	82.5%	3.5%	11.2%	1.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	79.9%	4.6%	11.8%	2.0%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	80.7%	4.2%	11.5%	1.8%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	81.0%	4.5%	11.0%	2.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	80.8%	5.5%	10.6%	1.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	80.2%	5.5%	10.7%	2.3%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	80.6%	6.9%	9.5%	2.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	79.2%	7.5%	10.4%	2.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	77.2%	10.4%	9.7%	1.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	77.3%	11.3%	8.7%	1.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	77.7%	12.6%	7.5%	1.2%	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	76.3%	13.8%	7.4%	1.5%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	72.6%	16.5%	8.1%	1.7%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	69.9%	16.7%	9.2%	2.3%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	70.3%	15.4%	10.0%	2.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2023 at 69.9%. Overall it fell from 83.4% in 2009 to 70.3% in 2024, down 13.1 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kent: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 15.4% in 2024, up 12.2 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 10.9% to 10.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 16.7% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 15.4%.

Commute Start Times in Kent

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kent?

The bars show when commuters in Kent 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		3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		3.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		8.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		16.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Kent is 12:00-3:59 PM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.7% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 8.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 38.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 2 commuters (42.2%) 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 Kent, 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 Kent 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 Kent 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	Kent	Ohio	United States
2009	8:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:30 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:27 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:33 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:40 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:33 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:33 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:28 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:20 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:28 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Kent were on the road by 8:28 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Kent now leave 50 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 Kent has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Kent's commute time compare?

Metric	Kent	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.2 min	21.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 PM – 03:59 PM	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	15.4%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	10.0%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.6%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Kent is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

2.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Ohio. 10.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Kent, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Kent, OH compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Kent, OH	25,364	18.2 min #1/2	15.4% #1/2	8:28 AM #2/2
Tallmadge, OH	20,010	20.5 min	12.6%	7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Kent, Ohio.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,689 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Kent, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM in Kent, 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.