Haverhill Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Haverhill, Massachusetts: 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 Haverhill: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Haverhill spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 193 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.

Haverhill holds about 1.0% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Haverhill would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,398 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)
Haverhill	23.2 min	46.4 min	193 hrs/yr	$5,994	1,901
Massachusetts	25.6 min	51.1 min	213 hrs/yr	$6,603	2,164
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.

Haverhill Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.2 minutes to get to work in Haverhill. That's 4% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Haverhill

Driving is 21% more common in Haverhill than the Massachusetts average (82.8% vs 68.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Haverhill: 3.6 times less than the Massachusetts average (1.8% vs 6.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Haverhill: 6.8 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Haverhill, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Haverhill 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	91.7%	3.1%	2.8%	1.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2010	90.1%	3.9%	3.2%	2.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2011	89.7%	3.5%	3.7%	2.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2012	89.8%	3.2%	3.2%	2.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	88.9%	3.5%	3.4%	2.9%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	87.9%	3.9%	3.9%	3.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	88.7%	3.3%	3.8%	2.9%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	88.5%	3.8%	3.1%	2.9%	1.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	88.1%	4.1%	3.9%	2.2%	1.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	88.7%	3.4%	4.2%	2.2%	1.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	90.0%	2.9%	3.4%	2.1%	1.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	89.2%	3.8%	3.5%	1.9%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	87.7%	6.1%	2.9%	1.9%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	86.3%	8.7%	1.9%	1.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	83.5%	11.6%	1.7%	1.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	82.8%	12.5%	1.8%	1.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 82.8% in 2024, down 8.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Haverhill: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 12.5% in 2024, up 9.4 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 2.8% to 1.8% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 3.0% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in Haverhill

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Haverhill?

The bars show when commuters in Haverhill 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 Massachusetts for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.6%

Haverhill Massachusetts Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Haverhill is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are more common than in Massachusetts: 16.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Massachusetts: 43.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.3%) 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 Haverhill, 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 Haverhill 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 Haverhill next to Massachusetts 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	Haverhill	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:36 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:36 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:37 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:34 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:39 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:46 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:46 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Haverhill were on the road by 7:46 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:36 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Haverhill now leave 8 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 Haverhill has moved 12 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Haverhill in the whole series.

How does Haverhill's commute time compare?

Metric	Haverhill	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.2 min	25.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.5%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.8%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Haverhill is 23.2 minutes, shorter than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

1.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Haverhill, MA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Haverhill, MA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Haverhill, MA	67,679	23.2 min #3/3	12.5% #1/3	7:46 AM #3/3
Lawrence, MA	88,771	20.1 min	6.8%	7:28 AM
Methuen, MA	53,422	22.8 min	12.2%	7:26 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Haverhill, Massachusetts?

Commuters here spend an estimated 193 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,994 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Haverhill, Massachusetts?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Haverhill, Massachusetts. 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.

How common is public transit use in Haverhill, Massachusetts?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.8% of commuters use it versus 6.5% in Massachusetts, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.