Mason Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Mason, 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 Mason: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mason spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.

Mason 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 Mason would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,364 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)
Mason	22.9 min	45.7 min	191 hrs/yr	$5,909	2,870
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.

Mason Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.9 minutes to get to work in Mason. That's 2% longer 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 23.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mason

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Mason: 3.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually rare in Mason: 7.6 times less than the Ohio average (0.3% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Mason: 3.1 times less than the Ohio average (0.3% vs 1.0%).

Biking is unusually rare in Mason: 5.0 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Mason: just 0.3%, 7.1 times below the Ohio average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Mason, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mason 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	93.6%	4.2%	0.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	93.2%	4.3%	0.4%	1.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	93.6%	4.3%	0.4%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	93.8%	4.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	94.6%	3.8%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.4%	4.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	93.7%	4.6%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	93.0%	5.4%	0.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	91.6%	6.9%	0.2%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	91.1%	7.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	89.4%	8.7%	0.4%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	87.6%	11.3%	0.2%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	82.5%	16.0%	0.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	79.3%	19.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	76.9%	21.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	75.8%	23.0%	0.4%	0.3%	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 peaked in 2013 at 94.6%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 75.8% in 2024, down 17.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 11 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mason: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 23.0% in 2024, up 18.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Mason

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mason?

The bars show when commuters in Mason 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		2.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Mason is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 5.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Ohio: 54.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.5%) 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 Mason, 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 Mason 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 Mason 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	Mason	Ohio	United States
2009	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:48 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:46 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:47 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:47 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:50 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:52 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:54 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:52 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:53 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mason were on the road by 7:53 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:39 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Mason now leave 15 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 Mason has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Mason's commute time compare?

Metric	Mason	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.9 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	23.0%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Mason is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mason, Ohio.

Is commuting expensive in Mason, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 191 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,909 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Mason, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mason, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Mason, Ohio?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Mason, Ohio?

About 23.0% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Mason would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,364 at the same national wage assumption used above.