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Commuting in New Albany, Indiana: 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 New Albany: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in New Albany spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 155 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.

New Albany holds about 0.5% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in New Albany would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,919 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)
New Albany 18.6 min 37.1 min 155 hrs/yr $4,797 2,453
Indiana 21.1 min 42.2 min 176 hrs/yr $5,455 1,308
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.

New Albany Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.6 minutes to get to work in New Albany. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in New Albany

  • Car: 85.5%
  • Worked at Home: 12.3%
  • Walked: 1.3%
  • Other: 0.4%
  • Taxi: 0.3%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in New Albany: 16.1 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.6%).

Biking is unusually rare in New Albany: 6.3 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in New Albany, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in New Albany 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 Other Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Public Transportation
2009 94.1% 2.0% 2.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 94.3% 2.1% 2.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.9%
2011 94.5% 2.0% 1.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2012 94.4% 2.2% 1.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.1%
2013 94.4% 2.1% 1.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.1%
2014 93.6% 2.4% 1.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 1.5%
2015 93.5% 2.4% 1.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 1.6%
2016 93.8% 2.8% 1.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2017 93.8% 2.8% 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2018 94.2% 2.8% 1.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
2019 93.8% 2.7% 2.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
2020 92.5% 4.5% 2.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.7%
2021 89.7% 6.8% 2.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.7%
2022 88.1% 8.9% 2.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
2023 85.9% 11.0% 1.9% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
2024 85.5% 12.3% 1.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 85.5% in 2024, down 8.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in New Albany: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 12.3% in 2024, up 10.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in New Albany

What Time Do People Leave for Work in New Albany?

The bars show when commuters in New Albany 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 Indiana for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
12.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
6.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
11.1%

New Albany Indiana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in New Albany is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are less common than in Indiana: 11.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 46.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.9%) 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 New Albany, 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 New Albany 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 New Albany next to Indiana 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 New Albany Indiana United States
2009 7:45 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:49 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:49 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:51 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:47 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:44 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:41 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:41 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:40 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:41 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:46 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:47 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:49 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:51 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:52 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:55 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in New Albany were on the road by 7:55 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in New Albany now leave 17 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in New Albany has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for New Albany in the whole series.

How does New Albany's commute time compare?

Metric New Albany Indiana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.6 min 21.1 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 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 12.3% 10.7% 15.0%
Walked 1.3% 1.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in New Albany is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

New Albany, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How New Albany, IN compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
New Albany, IN 35,077 18.6 min #1/2 12.3% #2/2 7:55 AM #1/2
Louisville, KY 236,872 18.9 min 13.3% 8:06 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in New Albany, Indiana.

Is commuting expensive in New Albany, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,797 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in New Albany, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in New Albany, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in New Albany, Indiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Indiana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.