Springfield Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Springfield: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Springfield spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 144 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 3.8 minutes.
Springfield holds about 0.5% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Springfield would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,784 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 17.3 min | 34.5 min | 144 hrs/yr | $4,459 | 2,157 |
| 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.
Springfield Commute Map
On average, it takes 17.3 minutes to get to work in Springfield. That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Springfield
- Car: 87.6%
- Worked at Home: 7.8%
- Walked: 3.0%
- Public Transportation: 0.6%
- Bicycle: 0.5%
- Other: 0.4%
- Taxi: 0.1%
- Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Springfield, versus 0.1% in Ohio.
Commute Mode Trends in Springfield, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Springfield 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Walked | Public Transportation | Bicycle | Other | Taxi | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 90.8% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 90.0% | 2.5% | 5.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2011 | 90.5% | 2.4% | 5.4% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2012 | 91.3% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 90.2% | 2.1% | 5.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 89.1% | 3.2% | 5.3% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 89.1% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 89.6% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 89.2% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 89.7% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 89.0% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 89.1% | 6.4% | 3.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 88.6% | 7.1% | 3.2% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 87.6% | 7.8% | 3.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 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 2012 at 91.3%. Overall it fell from 90.8% in 2009 to 87.6% in 2024, down 3.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Springfield: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 7.8% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.6% to 3.0% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Springfield
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Springfield?
The bars show when commuters in Springfield 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 AM
Springfield6.9%
Ohio5.2%
|
6.9% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Springfield4.3%
Ohio3.9%
|
4.3% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Springfield6.1%
Ohio5.3%
|
6.1% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Springfield9.3%
Ohio8.4%
|
9.3% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Springfield10.1%
Ohio10.1%
|
10.1% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Springfield9.8%
Ohio13.4%
|
9.8% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Springfield8.9%
Ohio12.2%
|
8.9% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Springfield8.5%
Ohio10.5%
|
8.5% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Springfield3.8%
Ohio5.5%
|
3.8% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Springfield4.9%
Ohio6.0%
|
4.9% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Springfield3.5%
Ohio2.8%
|
3.5% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Springfield2.0%
Ohio1.5%
|
2.0% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Springfield11.1%
Ohio7.7%
|
11.1% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Springfield10.8%
Ohio7.8%
|
10.8% |
Springfield Ohio Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Springfield is 12:00-3:59 PM, when 11.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.7% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 17.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 37.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (32.2%) 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 Springfield, 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 Springfield 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 Springfield 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Springfield | Ohio | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:45 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:47 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:47 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:50 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:54 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:56 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:55 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:55 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:53 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:55 AM | 7:40 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:53 AM | 7:40 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:50 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:48 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:49 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:42 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:42 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Springfield were on the road by 7:42 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Ohio followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Springfield now leave 4 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 Springfield has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Springfield in the whole series.
How does Springfield's commute time compare?
| Metric | Springfield | Ohio | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 17.3 min | 21.1 min | 22.4 min |
| Departure Window | 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM |
| Secondary Departure Window | 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 7.8% | 13.0% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 3.0% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.6% | 1.0% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Springfield is 17.3 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 3.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Springfield, Ohio.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Springfield, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 144 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,459 at a typical national wage. That's 18% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Springfield, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM in Springfield, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.