Trumbull County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Trumbull County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 168 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.9 minutes.

Trumbull County holds about 1.7% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Trumbull County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,087 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)
Trumbull County	20.2 min	40.4 min	168 hrs/yr	$5,217	1,389
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

Hancock County (15.3 min)
Van Wert County (15.5 min)
Mercer County (16.0 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Ohio

Morgan County (32.5 min)
Vinton County (32.0 min)
Brown County (32.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Trumbull County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.2 minutes to get to work in Trumbull County. That's 10% 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 6.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Trumbull County

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Trumbull County: 3.4 times more than the Ohio average (0.7% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Trumbull County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Trumbull 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	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	94.3%	2.7%	1.2%	0.9%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	94.2%	2.7%	1.2%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	94.4%	2.8%	1.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	94.4%	2.7%	1.2%	0.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	94.5%	2.7%	1.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	94.8%	2.6%	1.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	95.0%	2.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	94.8%	2.7%	0.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	94.9%	2.8%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	94.3%	3.1%	1.0%	0.5%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	93.8%	3.3%	1.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	92.5%	4.3%	1.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	91.7%	4.7%	1.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	90.7%	5.5%	1.4%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	90.3%	6.2%	1.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	89.9%	6.6%	1.3%	0.8%	0.7%	0.5%	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 2015 at 95.0%. Overall it fell from 94.3% in 2009 to 89.9% in 2024, down 4.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Trumbull County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 6.6% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Trumbull County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Trumbull County?

The bars show when commuters in Trumbull 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		6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Trumbull County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 44.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.5%) 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 Trumbull 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 Trumbull 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 Trumbull 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	Trumbull County	Ohio	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:41 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:41 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:41 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:41 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:38 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Trumbull County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Trumbull County now leave 5 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 Trumbull County has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Trumbull County in the whole series.

How does Trumbull County's commute time compare?

Metric	Trumbull County	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.2 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	6.6%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Trumbull County is 20.2 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.

0.5% 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

Trumbull County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Trumbull County, OH is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 200,835 residents against a local median of 109,257. Trumbull County, OH's work from home, at 6.6%, runs 50% below the 13.4% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 7.5% on work from home, so Trumbull County, OH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Trumbull County, OH has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Trumbull County, OH	200,835	20.2 min #4/6	6.6% #6/6	7:33 AM #1/6
Mahoning County, OH	226,483	18.3 min	9.8%	7:46 AM
Geauga County, OH	95,481	26.5 min	16.7%	7:35 AM
Portage County, OH	161,954	22.8 min	14.9%	7:36 AM
Mercer County, PA	109,257	17.4 min	9.3%	7:36 AM
Lawrence County, PA	85,016	20.1 min	13.4%	7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Trumbull County, Ohio.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 168 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,217 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Trumbull 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.

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).