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Ross County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Ross County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ross County 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.

Ross County holds about 0.6% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Ross County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,131 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)
Ross County 20.6 min 41.2 min 172 hrs/yr $5,328 608
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

Ross County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.6 minutes to get to work in Ross County. That's 8% shorter 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 5.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ross County

  • Car: 92.9%
  • Worked at Home: 5.2%
  • Walked: 1.3%
  • Other: 0.5%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Ross County: 24.2 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 1.0%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Ross County: 10.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Ross County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ross 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 93.9% 2.2% 1.8% 1.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2010 94.2% 2.2% 1.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2011 94.5% 2.5% 1.4% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2012 94.8% 2.3% 1.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
2013 94.0% 2.5% 1.5% 0.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
2014 94.0% 2.4% 1.8% 0.5% 0.7% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
2015 94.8% 1.8% 1.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
2016 94.2% 2.1% 1.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
2017 94.2% 2.5% 1.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
2018 94.5% 2.5% 1.6% 0.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 94.8% 2.6% 1.3% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 94.5% 2.9% 1.2% 0.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 94.6% 3.3% 1.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 93.9% 3.9% 1.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 93.6% 4.6% 1.3% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 92.9% 5.2% 1.3% 0.5% 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 peaked in 2012 at 94.8%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 92.9% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ross County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 5.2% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Ross County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ross County?

The bars show when commuters in Ross 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
7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Ross County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 18.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 43.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.2%) 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 Ross 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 Ross 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 Ross 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 Ross County Ohio United States
2009 7:37 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:32 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:27 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:29 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:27 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:30 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:31 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:34 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:36 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:32 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:26 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:27 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:23 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:22 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:25 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ross County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Ross County now leave 13 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 Ross County has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Ross County's commute time compare?

Metric Ross County Ohio US Average
Avg. Commute Time 20.6 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 5.2% 13.0% 15.0%
Walked 1.3% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.0% 3.2%

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

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ross County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Ross County, OH is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 76,492 residents against a local median of 32,650. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Ross County, OH an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 8% below the local median at 20.6 min against 22.3 min. Ross County, OH has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Ross County, OH 76,492 20.6 min #1/6 5.2% #5/6 7:25 AM #4/6
Pike County, OH 27,044 22.7 min 5.2% 7:09 AM
Pickaway County, OH 60,131 27.3 min 13.5% 7:10 AM
Fayette County, OH 28,876 22.3 min 5.5% 7:21 AM
Scioto County, OH 72,625 21.6 min 5.6% 7:34 AM
Jackson County, OH 32,650 20.9 min 6.0% 7:35 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ross County, Ohio.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Ross County, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 172 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,328 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Ross County, Ohio?

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

How common is public transit use in Ross 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.

Which counties in Ohio have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).