Commuting in Williams 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 Williams County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Williams County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.
Williams County holds about 0.3% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Williams County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,761 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)
Williams County
17.0 min
34.1 min
142 hrs/yr
$4,403
583
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
17.0
minutes to get to work in
Williams County.
That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 93% of counties in Ohio
The most common departure window is 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Williams County
Car:
94.2%
Worked at Home:
2.7%unusually low
Walked:
1.9%
Public Transportation:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Williams County, versus 0.2% in Ohio.
Working from home is unusually rare in Williams County: 4.9 times less than the Ohio average (2.7% vs 13.0%).
Commute Mode Trends in Williams County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Williams 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
Bicycle
Other
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
94.7%
2.3%
2.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
94.4%
2.2%
2.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
93.9%
2.3%
2.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
93.7%
1.9%
2.6%
0.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
93.6%
1.6%
2.5%
0.2%
0.5%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
94.2%
1.7%
2.2%
0.2%
0.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
94.4%
2.2%
1.7%
0.1%
0.4%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
94.5%
2.1%
1.5%
0.4%
0.3%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.2%
2.5%
1.6%
0.4%
0.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.4%
2.7%
1.6%
0.7%
0.4%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
93.1%
2.8%
1.7%
0.9%
0.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
93.2%
2.2%
2.3%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
93.7%
2.3%
2.0%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
94.0%
2.1%
1.9%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
94.4%
2.6%
1.8%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
94.2%
2.7%
1.9%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2019 at 93.1%. Overall it fell from 94.7% in 2009 to 94.2% in 2024, down 0.5 percentage points.
Public transit gained the most ground in Williams County: its share of workers rose from 0.1% in 2009 to 0.6% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points.
Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Williams County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Williams County?
The bars show when commuters in Williams 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 AMWilliams County6.3%Ohio5.2%
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWilliams County6.6%Ohio3.9%
6.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWilliams County8.0%Ohio5.3%
8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWilliams County10.5%Ohio8.4%
10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWilliams County12.1%Ohio10.1%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWilliams County10.4%Ohio13.4%
10.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWilliams County10.8%Ohio12.2%
10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWilliams County7.0%Ohio10.5%
7.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWilliams County1.7%Ohio5.5%
1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWilliams County3.4%Ohio6.0%
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWilliams County1.2%Ohio2.8%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWilliams County0.8%Ohio1.5%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWilliams County8.9%Ohio7.7%
8.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWilliams County12.3%Ohio7.8%
12.3%
Williams CountyOhioSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Williams County is 4:00-11:59 PM, when 12.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.8% across Ohio. Early starts are more common than in Ohio: 20.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Ohio: 40.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 Williams 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 Williams 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 Williams 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
Williams County
Ohio
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:35 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:35 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:31 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:23 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:20 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:26 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Williams County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Williams County now leave 19 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 Williams County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Williams County in the whole series.
How does Williams County's commute time compare?
Metric
Williams County
Ohio
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.0 min
21.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
04:00 PM – 11:59 PM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
2.7%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.9%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.6%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Williams County is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Ohio.
0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Ohio. 1.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.
Williams County, OH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Williams County, OH is typical in size for this group, 36,719 residents against a local median of 38,343, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Williams County, OH's work from home, at 2.7%, runs 53% below the 5.7% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 4.1% on work from home, so Williams County, OH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Williams County, OH has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Williams County, Ohio.
Is commuting expensive in Williams County, Ohio?
Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,403 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Williams County, Ohio?
Traffic peaks between 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM in Williams County, Ohio. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Ohio have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).