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Morgan County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Morgan County spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 271 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 54% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 11.4 minutes.

Morgan County holds about 0.1% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Morgan County would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,358 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)
Morgan County 32.5 min 65.0 min 271 hrs/yr $8,394 660
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
  1. Hancock County (15.3 min)
  2. Van Wert County (15.5 min)
  3. Mercer County (16.0 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Ohio
  1. Morgan County (32.5 min)
  2. Vinton County (32.0 min)
  3. Brown County (32.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Morgan County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 32.5 minutes to get to work in Morgan County. That's 45% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county in Ohio

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Morgan County

  • Car: 91.8%
  • Worked at Home: 6.8%
  • Walked: 1.2%
  • Other: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Morgan County, versus 1.0% in Ohio.

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

Biking is essentially absent in Morgan County, versus 0.3% in Ohio.

Commute Mode Trends in Morgan County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Morgan 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 92.7% 4.5% 1.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
2010 90.9% 5.1% 2.4% 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
2011 91.4% 4.6% 2.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2012 91.3% 4.4% 2.9% 0.6% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 91.3% 4.4% 2.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2014 91.6% 3.8% 2.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 91.6% 3.2% 2.8% 1.2% 0.8% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0%
2016 92.5% 3.1% 2.4% 1.1% 0.6% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 92.8% 3.7% 2.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0%
2018 93.7% 2.8% 1.6% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2019 93.6% 3.4% 1.5% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2020 93.7% 4.5% 1.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 92.4% 5.9% 1.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2022 93.1% 5.1% 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 92.1% 6.5% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 91.8% 6.8% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 93.7% and lowest in 2010 at 90.9%. Overall it fell from 92.7% in 2009 to 91.8% in 2024, down 0.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Morgan County: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 2.9% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 1.2%.

Commute Start Times in Morgan County

  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Ohio's 88 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:00 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Ohio's 88 counties: only 36.7% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe 3rd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Ohio's 88 counties: 25.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Morgan County?

The bars show when commuters in Morgan 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
8.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
10.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Morgan County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 13.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 25.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 36.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.2%) 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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County Ohio United States
2009 7:14 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:20 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:19 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:18 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:17 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:12 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:10 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:11 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:12 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:09 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:10 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:09 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:09 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:08 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:00 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Morgan County were on the road by 7:00 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:14 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Morgan County now leave 38 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Morgan County has moved 9 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Morgan County in the whole series.

How does Morgan County's commute time compare?

Metric Morgan County Ohio US Average
Avg. Commute Time 32.5 min 21.1 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 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 6.8% 13.0% 15.0%
Walked 1.2% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.0% 3.2%

The average commute time in Morgan County is 32.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Morgan County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Morgan County, OH is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,651 residents against a local median of 58,978. The measure that sets Morgan County, OH apart most is one-way commute: 32.5 min, 62% above the local median of 20.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 13.1 min on one-way commute, so Morgan County, OH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Morgan County, OH has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Morgan County, OH 13,651 32.5 min #6/6 6.8% #3/6 7:00 AM #1/6
Athens County, OH 61,737 17.4 min 13.1% 8:05 AM
Muskingum County, OH 86,406 18.9 min 6.3% 7:18 AM
Washington County, OH 58,978 20.1 min 9.1% 7:20 AM
Perry County, OH 35,535 30.5 min 5.1% 7:14 AM
Noble County, OH 14,282 21.6 min 4.8% 7:18 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Morgan County, Ohio.

Is commuting expensive in Morgan County, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 271 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,394 at a typical national wage. That's 54% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Morgan County, 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 Morgan County, Ohio?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Ohio, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Ohio?

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).