Holyoke Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Holyoke, 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 Holyoke: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Holyoke 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 27% less time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.

Holyoke holds about 0.5% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Holyoke would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,918 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)
Holyoke	18.6 min	37.1 min	155 hrs/yr	$4,794	2,075
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.

Holyoke Commute Map

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

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Holyoke

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Holyoke, versus 0.1% in Massachusetts.

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Holyoke: 5.5 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Holyoke, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Holyoke 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.8%	1.3%	2.2%	3.8%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.8%	2.0%	2.5%	4.0%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	88.5%	2.6%	2.8%	4.1%	1.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	87.4%	2.3%	3.5%	4.7%	1.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	86.5%	3.6%	3.5%	4.3%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	87.9%	3.5%	3.0%	4.1%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	87.6%	3.8%	2.1%	4.6%	1.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	88.5%	3.8%	1.8%	4.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	88.5%	4.2%	1.5%	4.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	87.9%	4.2%	1.8%	4.7%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	87.8%	4.0%	2.0%	4.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	86.9%	5.7%	2.5%	3.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	86.3%	6.9%	2.9%	2.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	84.7%	8.7%	2.8%	2.8%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	85.0%	9.1%	2.6%	2.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	80.7%	11.1%	3.4%	2.9%	1.3%	0.5%	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 90.8% in 2009 to 80.7% in 2024, down 10.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Holyoke: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 11.1% in 2024, up 9.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 2.9% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Holyoke

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Holyoke?

The bars show when commuters in Holyoke 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		2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Holyoke is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are less common than in Massachusetts: 10.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Massachusetts: 54.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.9%) 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 Holyoke, 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 Holyoke 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 Holyoke 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	Holyoke	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:48 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:51 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:53 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:55 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:52 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:51 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:49 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:45 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:40 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:34 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Holyoke were on the road by 7:34 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Holyoke now leave 4 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Holyoke has moved 24 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Holyoke in the whole series.

How does Holyoke's commute time compare?

Metric	Holyoke	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.6 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.1%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.4%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Holyoke is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

3.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 2.9% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Holyoke, MA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Holyoke, MA is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 37,770 residents against a local median of 30,986. Holyoke, MA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these cities turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 7% above the local median at 11.1% against 10.4%. Holyoke, MA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Holyoke, MA	37,770	18.6 min #4/4	11.1% #2/4	7:34 AM #1/4
Chicopee, MA	55,293	18.2 min	8.0%	7:39 AM
West Springfield Town, MA	28,772	17.8 min	10.4%	7:40 AM
Northampton, MA	30,986	18.2 min	24.1%	8:11 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Is commuting expensive in Holyoke, Massachusetts?

Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,794 at a typical national wage. That's 27% less than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Holyoke, Massachusetts?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.