Willoughby Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Willoughby, 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 Willoughby: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Willoughby spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 172 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Ohio average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Willoughby holds about 0.2% of Ohio's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Willoughby would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,135 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)
Willoughby	20.7 min	41.3 min	172 hrs/yr	$5,337	2,477
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.

Willoughby Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.7 minutes to get to work in Willoughby. That's 8% 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 18.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Willoughby

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Willoughby, versus 0.1% in Ohio.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Willoughby, versus 0.2% in Ohio.

Biking is unusually rare in Willoughby: 3.3 times less than the Ohio average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Willoughby, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Willoughby 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	92.2%	3.2%	1.6%	1.2%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	92.7%	3.3%	1.5%	1.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	93.6%	2.8%	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	94.6%	2.2%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	95.1%	2.1%	1.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	95.5%	1.9%	1.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	95.1%	2.1%	1.2%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	95.7%	2.4%	0.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	96.3%	2.3%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	96.1%	2.0%	0.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	95.8%	2.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.9%	4.7%	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.9%	8.2%	0.5%	1.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	85.9%	12.5%	0.1%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	82.8%	14.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	78.9%	18.4%	1.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 96.3%. Overall it fell from 92.2% in 2009 to 78.9% in 2024, down 13.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Willoughby: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 18.4% in 2024, up 15.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 1.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Willoughby

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Willoughby?

The bars show when commuters in Willoughby 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		3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Willoughby is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.4% across Ohio. Early starts are less common than in Ohio: 11.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Ohio: 52.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 Willoughby, 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 Willoughby 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 Willoughby 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	Willoughby	Ohio	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 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	7:50 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:51 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:48 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:35 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	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Willoughby were on the road by 7:36 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). The shift is sharper than across Ohio, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Willoughby now leave 2 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Willoughby's commute time compare?

Metric	Willoughby	Ohio	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.7 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	18.4%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.0%	1.0%	3.2%

The average commute time in Willoughby is about the same as in Ohio.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Ohio. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Ohio.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Willoughby, Ohio.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Willoughby, Ohio?

Commuters here spend an estimated 172 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,337 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Ohio commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Willoughby, Ohio?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Willoughby, 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 much money can remote workers save in Willoughby, Ohio?

About 18.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Willoughby would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,135 at the same national wage assumption used above.