Commuting in Ohio County, West Virginia: 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 Ohio County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Ohio 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 21% less time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.
Ohio County holds about 2.3% of West Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 1.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Ohio County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,760 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)
Ohio County
17.0 min
34.1 min
142 hrs/yr
$4,400
1,355
West Virginia
21.6 min
43.2 min
180 hrs/yr
$5,581
1,052
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
Ohio County.
That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in West Virginia
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Ohio County
Car:
85.8%
Worked at Home:
6.4%
Walked:
4.7%
Public Transportation:
1.4%
Other:
1.0%
Bicycle:
0.5%unusually high
Taxi:
0.3%unusually high
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Ohio County: 3.1 times less than the West Virginia average (0.0% vs 0.0%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Ohio County: 3.2 times more than the West Virginia average (0.3% vs 0.1%).
Biking is unusually common in Ohio County: 3.1 times more than the West Virginia average (0.5% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Ohio County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Ohio 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
Other
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
88.5%
2.7%
5.6%
1.7%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
88.6%
2.6%
5.2%
2.0%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
87.9%
2.2%
6.6%
1.7%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
88.6%
3.5%
5.2%
1.4%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2013
88.8%
3.2%
5.3%
1.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
89.6%
2.8%
5.1%
1.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2015
88.4%
3.2%
5.8%
1.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2016
88.2%
3.5%
6.2%
1.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
88.2%
3.2%
6.7%
1.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
88.2%
4.0%
6.0%
1.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
88.8%
4.1%
5.3%
1.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
88.2%
4.9%
4.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
88.9%
5.1%
3.9%
1.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
87.2%
5.9%
4.2%
1.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
86.0%
6.8%
4.3%
1.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
85.8%
6.4%
4.7%
1.4%
1.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 89.6%. Overall it fell from 88.5% in 2009 to 85.8% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Ohio County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 6.4% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.6% to 4.7% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Ohio County
🦉Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among West Virginia's 55 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:51 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ohio County?
The bars show when commuters in Ohio 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 West Virginia for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMOhio County3.0%West Virginia6.3%
3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMOhio County3.3%West Virginia4.4%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMOhio County3.9%West Virginia5.6%
3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMOhio County7.4%West Virginia10.2%
7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMOhio County10.1%West Virginia10.4%
10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMOhio County11.3%West Virginia14.4%
11.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMOhio County15.7%West Virginia11.9%
15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMOhio County11.2%West Virginia9.7%
11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMOhio County6.9%West Virginia4.5%
6.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMOhio County5.8%West Virginia4.7%
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMOhio County4.0%West Virginia2.7%
4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMOhio County1.7%West Virginia1.2%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMOhio County8.4%West Virginia7.0%
8.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMOhio County7.3%West Virginia7.1%
7.3%
Ohio CountyWest VirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Ohio County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.9% across West Virginia. Early starts are less common than in West Virginia: 10.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush looks much like West Virginia's: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.1%) 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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio County next to West Virginia 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
Ohio County
West Virginia
United States
2009
7:50 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:50 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:54 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:54 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:50 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:53 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:52 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:54 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:51 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:52 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:50 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:50 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:46 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:49 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:51 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Ohio County were on the road by 7:51 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:50 AM). That goes against the trend across West Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 8 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Ohio County now leave 13 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Ohio County's commute time compare?
Metric
Ohio County
West Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.0 min
21.6 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.4%
9.1%
15.0%
Walked
4.7%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.4%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Ohio County is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.
1.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 4.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in West Virginia.
Ohio County, WV Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Ohio County, WV is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 41,582 residents against a local median of 64,518. The measure that sets Ohio County, WV apart most is one-way commute: 17.0 min, 19% below the local median of 21.0 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves sit within 2.5 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Ohio County, WV, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Ohio County, WV has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Ohio County, West Virginia.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Ohio County, West Virginia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,400 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical West Virginia commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Ohio County, West Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Ohio County, West Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across counties in West Virginia?
Among counties in West Virginia, the shortest average commutes are in Randolph County (16.4 min), Ohio County (17.0 min), Pocahontas County (17.2 min). The longest are in Hampshire County (40.3 min), Morgan County (35.8 min), Monroe County (33.7 min).