Commuting in Vinton 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 Vinton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Vinton County spend about 64 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 266 hours, about 11.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% more time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 10.9 minutes.
Vinton County holds about 0.1% of Ohio's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Vinton County would save about 107 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,303 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)
Vinton County
32.0 min
63.9 min
266 hrs/yr
$8,257
401
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
32.0
minutes to get to work in
Vinton County.
That's 43% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 3 slowest counties in Ohio
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Vinton County
Car:
88.9%
Worked at Home:
10.0%
Walked:
1.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Vinton County, versus 0.1% in Ohio.
Public transit is essentially absent in Vinton County, versus 1.0% in Ohio.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Vinton County, versus 0.2% in Ohio.
Biking is essentially absent in Vinton County, versus 0.3% in Ohio.
Commute Mode Trends in Vinton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Vinton 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
93.4%
3.0%
2.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.8%
2010
92.3%
3.3%
3.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
93.5%
3.8%
2.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
93.8%
3.7%
2.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
94.2%
3.3%
2.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
95.5%
2.3%
1.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
96.9%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
97.4%
1.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
95.0%
2.4%
1.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2018
94.4%
2.5%
1.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2019
93.4%
3.4%
1.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2020
90.5%
6.6%
1.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2021
88.4%
8.4%
1.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2022
88.7%
9.6%
1.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
88.6%
10.1%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
88.9%
10.0%
1.1%
0.0%
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 was highest in 2016 at 97.4% and lowest in 2021 at 88.4%. Overall it fell from 93.4% in 2009 to 88.9% in 2024, down 4.5 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Vinton County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 10.0% in 2024, up 7.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 1.1% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Vinton County
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Ohio's 88 counties: the typical start is 19 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Vinton County?
The bars show when commuters in Vinton 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 AMVinton County6.3%Ohio5.2%
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMVinton County10.2%Ohio3.9%
10.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMVinton County6.4%Ohio5.3%
6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMVinton County12.0%Ohio8.4%
12.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMVinton County7.5%Ohio10.1%
7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMVinton County11.1%Ohio13.4%
11.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMVinton County13.3%Ohio12.2%
13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMVinton County10.4%Ohio10.5%
10.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMVinton County1.9%Ohio5.5%
1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMVinton County1.5%Ohio6.0%
1.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMVinton County3.3%Ohio2.8%
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMVinton County0.2%Ohio1.5%
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMVinton County11.3%Ohio7.7%
11.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMVinton County4.4%Ohio7.8%
4.4%
Vinton CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Vinton County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.2% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 23.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 42.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.8%) 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 Vinton 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 Vinton 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 Vinton 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
Vinton County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:01 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:03 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:10 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:15 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:18 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:17 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:15 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:08 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:10 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:12 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:12 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Vinton County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 19 minutes later than in 2009 (7:01 AM). That goes against the trend across Ohio, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Vinton County now leave 18 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 Vinton County has moved 13 minutes later.
How does Vinton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Vinton County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
32.0 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
10.0%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Vinton County is 32.0 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Vinton County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Vinton County, OH is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,630 residents against a local median of 29,068. Vinton County, OH's one-way commute, at 32.0 min, runs 53% above the 20.9 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 10.0% against a local median of 6.9%, 46% above it. The counties themselves spread 10.7 min on one-way commute, so Vinton County, OH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Vinton County, OH has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Vinton County, Ohio.
Is commuting expensive in Vinton County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 266 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,257 at a typical national wage. That's 52% more than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Vinton County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Vinton County, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Vinton 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.
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).