KNOX COUNTY – The average one-way commute time in Knox County was 25.8 minutes prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the 26th highest travel time among Ohio’s 88 counties, an analysis from the insurance website Coverage.com said.
Initial research has shown that the COVID-19 situation has decreased overall travel times because more people are working from home, the report said. The numbers are based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, which was published in December of last year.
Among Knox County commuters, 12% travel more than an hour one way, while 2% of the county’s commuters travel more than 90 minutes each way, Coverage.com said.
As a whole, Ohio posted the 16th shortest average one-way commute time (23.5 minutes) among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Adams County had the longest average one-way commute time among Ohio counties (37.4 minutes), while residents with the shortest commutes live in Hancock County, where the one-way travel time was just 16.8 minutes.
The average one-way commute time nationwide is 26.6 minutes, the report said.
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Ohio Counties With Longest Commute Times
| County | Average Commute Time (Minutes) | Commute Over 60 Minutes | Commute Over 90 Minutes | In-state Rank |
| Adams County | 37.4 | 23% | 10% | 1 |
| Brown County | 35 | 20% | 5% | 2 |
| Monroe County | 33.7 | 17% | 6% | 3 |
| Meigs County | 32.7 | 13% | 6% | 4 |
| Vinton County | 32.2 | 12% | 7% | 5 |
| Perry County | 31.5 | 16% | 3% | 6 |
| Morgan County | 31 | 17% | 6% | 7 |
| Hocking County | 30.9 | 18% | 4% | 8 |
| Morrow County | 30.1 | 11% | 1% | 9 |
| Harrison County | 30 | 11% | 4% | 10 |
| Highland County | 29.3 | 14% | 4% | 11 |
| Noble County | 29 | 8% | 5% | 12 |
| Fairfield County | 28.8 | 8% | 2% | 13 |
| Carroll County | 28.8 | 10% | 4% | 13 |
| Gallia County | 28.5 | 12% | 5% | 15 |
| Geauga County | 28.3 | 8% | 2% | 16 |
| Pike County | 28.2 | 11% | 6% | 17 |
| Pickaway County | 28.1 | 7% | 1% | 18 |
| Clermont County | 28 | 6% | 2% | 19 |
| Jackson County | 27.1 | 11% | 6% | 20 |
| Medina County | 27 | 7% | 2% | 21 |
| Preble County | 26.5 | 8% | 2% | 22 |
| Delaware County | 26 | 4% | 1% | 23 |
| Licking County | 26 | 6% | 2% | 23 |
| Clinton County | 26 | 10% | 2% | 23 |
| Knox County | 25.8 | 12% | 2% | 26 |
| Warren County | 25.7 | 4% | 1% | 27 |
| Portage County | 25.7 | 5% | 1% | 27 |
| Madison County | 25.5 | 5% | 2% | 29 |
| Ashtabula County | 25.5 | 9% | 3% | 29 |
| Columbiana County | 25.5 | 8% | 3% | 29 |
| Ross County | 25.5 | 10% | 3% | 29 |
| Scioto County | 25.5 | 9% | 4% | 29 |
| Champaign County | 25.4 | 6% | 3% | 34 |
| Hardin County | 25.1 | 7% | 4% | 35 |
| Fayette County | 24.8 | 10% | 2% | 36 |
| Butler County | 24.7 | 4% | 1% | 37 |
| Union County | 24.7 | 4% | 1% | 37 |
| Lorain County | 24.5 | 5% | 1% | 39 |
| Jefferson County | 24.3 | 7% | 3% | 40 |
| Cuyahoga County | 24.2 | 4% | 1% | 41 |
| Coshocton County | 24 | 6% | 3% | 42 |
| Guernsey County | 23.9 | 7% | 3% | 43 |
| Ottawa County | 23.8 | 6% | 2% | 44 |
| Fulton County | 23.7 | 5% | 1% | 45 |
| Muskingum County | 23.7 | 9% | 2% | 46 |
| Belmont County | 23.7 | 6% | 2% | 46 |
| Lawrence County | 23.7 | 5% | 2% | 46 |
| Darke County | 23.7 | 6% | 3% | 46 |
| Ashland County | 23.5 | 8% | 2% | 50 |
| Hamilton County | 23.3 | 4% | 1% | 51 |
| Lake County | 23.2 | 3% | 1% | 52 |
| Trumbull County | 23 | 6% | 2% | 53 |
| Tuscarawas County | 23 | 6% | 3% | 53 |
| Summit County | 22.9 | 4% | 1% | 55 |
| Huron County | 22.8 | 5% | 2% | 56 |
| Washington County | 22.8 | 6% | 3% | 56 |
| Paulding County | 22.7 | 5% | 0% | 58 |
| Clark County | 22.5 | 5% | 2% | 59 |
| Richland County | 22.4 | 8% | 3% | 60 |
| Mahoning County | 22 | 6% | 2% | 61 |
| Franklin County | 21.9 | 3% | 1% | 62 |
| Henry County | 21.9 | 4% | 1% | 62 |
| Logan County | 21.9 | 5% | 1% | 62 |
| Putnam County | 21.9 | 4% | 2% | 62 |
| Stark County | 21.9 | 5% | 2% | 62 |
| Marion County | 21.9 | 7% | 2% | 62 |
| Seneca County | 21.7 | 4% | 2% | 68 |
| Holmes County | 21.7 | 6% | 3% | 68 |
| Montgomery County | 21.5 | 4% | 2% | 70 |
| Wyandot County | 21.5 | 5% | 2% | 70 |
| Miami County | 21.4 | 4% | 1% | 72 |
| Greene County | 21.2 | 4% | 1% | 73 |
| Erie County | 21.1 | 6% | 2% | 74 |
| Defiance County | 20.8 | 5% | 1% | 75 |
| Lucas County | 20.7 | 4% | 1% | 76 |
| Crawford County | 20.7 | 5% | 2% | 76 |
| Wayne County | 20.6 | 4% | 2% | 78 |
| Athens County | 20.3 | 6% | 2% | 79 |
| Wood County | 20.2 | 3% | 1% | 80 |
| Van Wert County | 20.1 | 5% | 2% | 81 |
| Sandusky County | 19.9 | 4% | 1% | 82 |
| Auglaize County | 19.7 | 3% | 2% | 83 |
| Allen County | 19.1 | 4% | 2% | 84 |
| Williams County | 18.8 | 5% | 2% | 85 |
| Shelby County | 18.3 | 3% | 1% | 86 |
| Mercer County | 18 | 3% | 1% | 87 |
| Hancock County | 16.8 | 3% | 1% | 88 |
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