Parma Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Parma, 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 Parma: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Parma spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.

Parma holds about 0.7% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Parma would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,329 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)
Parma	22.5 min	45.1 min	188 hrs/yr	$5,823	2,901
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.

Parma Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.5 minutes to get to work in Parma. That's 1% 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 11.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Parma

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Parma: 10.6 times more than the Ohio average (0.9% vs 0.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Parma: 4.2 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Parma: 4.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Parma, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Parma 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	Motorcycle	Other	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	93.3%	1.5%	2.4%	2.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	93.5%	1.5%	2.2%	2.0%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	94.2%	1.4%	1.8%	1.7%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	93.8%	1.9%	1.6%	1.8%	0.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	94.0%	1.8%	1.4%	2.0%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	94.1%	1.8%	1.1%	1.8%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%
2015	93.9%	2.2%	1.2%	1.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	93.5%	2.4%	1.4%	1.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%
2017	93.2%	2.6%	1.6%	1.5%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.5%
2018	93.4%	2.8%	1.5%	1.2%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	93.3%	3.1%	1.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	91.6%	4.3%	1.3%	1.1%	0.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.3%	6.5%	1.5%	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.8%	8.9%	1.3%	1.3%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.1%	10.4%	1.3%	1.3%	0.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	83.8%	11.7%	1.5%	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 94.2%. Overall it fell from 93.3% in 2009 to 83.8% in 2024, down 9.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Parma: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 11.7% in 2024, up 10.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.1% to 1.1% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Parma

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Parma?

The bars show when commuters in Parma 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		5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Parma is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 13.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 45.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 Parma, 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 Parma 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 Parma 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	Parma	Ohio	United States
2009	7:40 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:36 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:36 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:38 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:39 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Parma were on the road by 7:39 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Ohio, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Parma now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Parma's commute time compare?

Metric	Parma	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.5 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	11.7%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Parma is 22.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Parma, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Parma, OH	79,821	22.5 min #1/2	11.7% #2/2	7:39 AM #1/2
Parma Heights, OH	20,580	23.2 min	14.3%	7:46 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Parma, Ohio.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Parma, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,823 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Parma, Ohio?

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