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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Ohio (2026)

Hancock has the lowest commute time of any county in Ohio, at 18.0 min, followed by Mercer and Allen. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Ohio

Top 25 of 88 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Ohio
RankCountyValue
1Hancock18.0 min
2Mercer18.5 min
3Allen18.7 min
4Auglaize18.8 min
5Shelby19.0 min
6Van Wert19.7 min
7Williams19.8 min
8Defiance19.8 min
9Lucas20.5 min
10Wood20.5 min
11Wayne20.6 min
12Seneca20.7 min
13Wyandot20.7 min
14Sandusky20.7 min
15Holmes20.9 min
16Franklin21.5 min
17Erie21.5 min
18Stark21.7 min
19Logan21.8 min
20Richland21.8 min
21Montgomery21.9 min
22Miami22.0 min
23Greene22.0 min
24Putnam22.3 min
25Huron22.4 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Ohio counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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