Commuting in Stark 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 Stark County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Stark County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.3 minutes.
Stark County holds about 3.2% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 2.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Stark County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,936 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)
Stark County
18.7 min
37.5 min
156 hrs/yr
$4,840
1,404
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
18.7
minutes to get to work in
Stark County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 75% of counties in Ohio
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 11.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Stark County
Car:
84.2%
Worked at Home:
11.8%
Walked:
1.6%
Other:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
0.8%
Taxi:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Stark County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Stark 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
93.7%
2.8%
1.7%
0.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
93.4%
3.0%
1.8%
0.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
93.7%
3.1%
1.4%
0.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
93.8%
3.2%
1.4%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
94.1%
2.9%
1.5%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
93.9%
2.8%
1.5%
0.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
93.7%
2.8%
1.6%
0.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
93.5%
3.0%
1.6%
0.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
93.2%
3.3%
1.6%
0.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
92.6%
3.7%
1.5%
0.6%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
92.2%
4.2%
1.5%
0.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
90.4%
6.1%
1.5%
0.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
88.7%
7.7%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
87.1%
9.1%
1.4%
1.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
85.8%
10.5%
1.4%
1.1%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
84.2%
11.8%
1.6%
1.2%
0.8%
0.2%
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 2013 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 93.7% in 2009 to 84.2% in 2024, down 9.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 11 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Stark County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 11.8% in 2024, up 9.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Stark County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stark County?
The bars show when commuters in Stark 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 AMStark County5.8%Ohio5.2%
5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMStark County3.5%Ohio3.9%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMStark County5.1%Ohio5.3%
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMStark County8.8%Ohio8.4%
8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMStark County11.1%Ohio10.1%
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMStark County13.8%Ohio13.4%
13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMStark County12.7%Ohio12.2%
12.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMStark County9.6%Ohio10.5%
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMStark County5.2%Ohio5.5%
5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMStark County5.2%Ohio6.0%
5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMStark County2.2%Ohio2.8%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMStark County1.3%Ohio1.5%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMStark County8.2%Ohio7.7%
8.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMStark County7.5%Ohio7.8%
7.5%
Stark CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Stark County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are about as common as in Ohio: 14.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Ohio's: 47.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) 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 Stark 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 Stark 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 Stark 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
Stark County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:39 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Stark County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:41 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Stark County now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Stark County in the whole series.
How does Stark County's commute time compare?
Metric
Stark County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.7 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
11.8%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.6%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.8%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Stark County is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Stark County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Stark County, OH is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 373,683 residents against a local median of 116,585. Where Stark County, OH breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 41% above the local median of 8.3% at 11.8%.
The counties themselves spread 6.9% on work from home, so Stark County, OH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Stark County, OH has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Stark County, Ohio.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Stark County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,840 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Stark County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Stark 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 do commute times compare across 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).