Commuting in Scioto 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 Scioto County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Scioto County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 180 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.
Scioto 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 Scioto County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,231 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)
Scioto County
21.6 min
43.2 min
180 hrs/yr
$5,578
466
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.
On average, it takes
21.6
minutes to get to work in
Scioto County.
That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Scioto County
Car:
91.8%
Worked at Home:
5.6%
Walked:
1.6%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Scioto County: 10.9 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 1.0%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Scioto County: 3.6 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Scioto County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Scioto 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.8%
2.2%
2.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
93.9%
2.3%
2.9%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
93.8%
2.5%
2.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2012
93.5%
2.6%
3.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2013
93.1%
2.6%
3.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2014
93.7%
2.4%
2.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
93.2%
2.5%
3.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
93.8%
2.5%
2.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.5%
2.5%
2.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
94.0%
2.7%
2.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
93.7%
3.4%
2.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
94.0%
3.4%
2.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
93.3%
4.2%
1.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
91.4%
6.1%
1.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
92.1%
5.5%
1.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
91.8%
5.6%
1.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 94.5% and lowest in 2022 at 91.4%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 91.8% in 2024, down 2.0 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Scioto County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 5.6% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 1.6% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Scioto County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Scioto County?
The bars show when commuters in Scioto 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
12:00-4:59 AMScioto County5.8%Ohio5.2%
5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMScioto County7.2%Ohio3.9%
7.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMScioto County5.2%Ohio5.3%
5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMScioto County7.5%Ohio8.4%
7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMScioto County9.8%Ohio10.1%
9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMScioto County12.4%Ohio13.4%
12.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMScioto County15.6%Ohio12.2%
15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMScioto County8.7%Ohio10.5%
8.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMScioto County4.7%Ohio5.5%
4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMScioto County3.8%Ohio6.0%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMScioto County2.2%Ohio2.8%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMScioto County2.0%Ohio1.5%
2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMScioto County8.7%Ohio7.7%
8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMScioto County6.4%Ohio7.8%
6.4%
Scioto CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Scioto County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.2% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 18.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 46.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.1%) 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 Scioto 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 Scioto 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 Scioto 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
Scioto County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:36 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:38 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:30 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Scioto County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Scioto County now leave 4 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 Scioto County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Scioto County's commute time compare?
Metric
Scioto County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.6 min
21.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
5.6%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.6%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Scioto County is 21.6 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Scioto County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Scioto County, OH is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 72,625 residents against a local median of 27,540. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Scioto 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, 5% below the local median at 21.6 min against 22.7 min. Scioto County, OH has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Scioto County, Ohio.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Scioto County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 180 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,578 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Scioto County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Scioto 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 Scioto County, Ohio?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).