Maple Heights Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Maple Heights, 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 Maple Heights: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Maple Heights spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 172 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Maple Heights 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 Maple Heights would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,129 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)
Maple Heights	20.6 min	41.2 min	172 hrs/yr	$5,323	3,223
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.

Maple Heights Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.6 minutes to get to work in Maple Heights. That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Maple Heights

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Maple Heights, versus 0.1% in Ohio.

Public transit is unusually common in Maple Heights: 4.1 times more than the Ohio average (4.2% vs 1.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Maple Heights: 3.2 times more than the Ohio average (0.7% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Maple Heights, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Maple Heights 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	90.9%	1.3%	5.1%	1.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	90.7%	1.0%	5.2%	1.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	88.5%	1.8%	5.7%	2.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	90.0%	1.3%	5.5%	1.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	90.2%	1.5%	4.8%	1.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	89.6%	1.5%	5.3%	1.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2015	88.8%	1.5%	6.4%	1.4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2016	89.6%	1.0%	7.1%	1.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
2017	90.3%	0.8%	6.6%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%
2018	90.5%	0.9%	6.4%	1.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2019	90.0%	1.1%	6.8%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2020	91.1%	1.9%	4.4%	1.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2021	90.9%	3.5%	2.7%	1.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	88.9%	6.0%	2.2%	2.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	87.5%	6.2%	3.8%	1.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	83.5%	8.0%	4.2%	2.3%	1.3%	0.7%	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 91.1%. Overall it fell from 90.9% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 7.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Maple Heights: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 8.0% in 2024, up 6.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 5.1% to 4.2% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Maple Heights

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Maple Heights?

The bars show when commuters in Maple Heights 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		6.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		6.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Maple Heights is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.5% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 10.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 46.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.4%) 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 Maple Heights, 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 Maple Heights 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 Maple Heights 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	Maple Heights	Ohio	United States
2009	7:40 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:41 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:50 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:46 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:51 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:50 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:58 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	8:02 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Maple Heights were on the road by 8:02 AM, 21 minutes later than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Maple Heights now leave 24 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 Maple Heights has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Maple Heights in the whole series.

How does Maple Heights's commute time compare?

Metric	Maple Heights	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.6 min	21.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.0%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.2%	1.0%	3.2%

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

4.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Ohio. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Maple Heights, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Maple Heights, OH	23,249	20.6 min #1/2	8.0% #2/2	8:02 AM #2/2
Garfield Heights, OH	29,260	21.5 min	9.0%	7:31 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Maple Heights, Ohio.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Maple Heights, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 172 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,323 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Maple Heights, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Maple Heights, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Maple Heights, Ohio?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 4.2% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, making it a realistic option for many workers.