How long is the commute in Columbus?

Average travel time to work in Columbus, OH, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Columbus gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.3 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 70.1
• Carpooled: 7.5
• Transit: 2.1
• Walked: 2.6
• From home: 16.1

Average commute (minutes)

• Columbus: 18.3
• Franklin County: 18.1
• OH: 20.9
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 16.1% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.7 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.2% of workers in 2015 to 16.1% in the latest estimates.