Lakewood Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lakewood, 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 Lakewood: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lakewood spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Lakewood holds about 0.4% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lakewood would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,208 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)
Lakewood	21.4 min	42.7 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,520	3,312
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.

Lakewood Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.4 minutes to get to work in Lakewood. That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 21.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lakewood

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Lakewood: 3.1 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lakewood, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lakewood 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	85.4%	2.8%	2.8%	7.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	85.8%	2.8%	2.6%	7.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	86.1%	2.6%	2.6%	7.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	86.5%	2.6%	2.7%	6.8%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	86.7%	3.1%	2.3%	6.3%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	86.1%	3.2%	2.7%	6.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	86.7%	3.2%	2.8%	5.4%	1.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	86.2%	3.8%	2.8%	5.2%	1.0%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	86.4%	4.2%	2.8%	4.5%	1.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%
2018	86.4%	4.3%	2.8%	4.5%	1.0%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	87.0%	5.1%	2.3%	4.1%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	83.6%	8.4%	2.5%	3.4%	0.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%
2021	80.6%	11.9%	2.5%	2.9%	0.7%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	77.8%	15.3%	2.5%	2.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%
2023	74.7%	19.0%	2.3%	2.3%	0.5%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%
2024	72.6%	21.2%	2.7%	1.6%	0.9%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 87.0%. Overall it fell from 85.4% in 2009 to 72.6% in 2024, down 12.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lakewood: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 21.2% in 2024, up 18.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.6% to 1.6% of workers (down 6.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lakewood

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lakewood?

The bars show when commuters in Lakewood 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		2.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		0.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lakewood 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: 6.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Ohio: 51.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.3%) 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 Lakewood, 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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	Lakewood	Ohio	United States
2009	8:02 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:03 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:01 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:58 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:00 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:57 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:56 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:55 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:56 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:56 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:58 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:00 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:01 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:00 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:00 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lakewood were on the road by 8:00 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:02 AM). Ohio followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Lakewood now leave 22 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 Lakewood has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Lakewood's commute time compare?

Metric	Lakewood	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.4 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	21.2%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.6%	1.0%	3.2%

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

1.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Ohio. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lakewood, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lakewood, OH	50,003	21.4 min #1/2	21.2% #1/2	7:59 AM #1/2
Rocky River, OH	21,449	21.4 min	18.5%	8:01 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lakewood, Ohio.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,520 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lakewood, Ohio?

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

How much time do residents in Lakewood, Ohio save by working from home?

About 21.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Lakewood would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,208 at the same national wage assumption used above.