Marblehead Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Marblehead, 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 Marblehead: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marblehead spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 256 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.

Marblehead holds about 0.3% of Massachusetts's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Marblehead would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,178 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)
Marblehead	30.8 min	61.5 min	256 hrs/yr	$7,944	1,971
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.

Marblehead Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.8 minutes to get to work in Marblehead. That's 37% 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 34.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marblehead

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Marblehead: 3.6 times more than the Massachusetts average (0.2% vs 0.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Marblehead: 3.8 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Marblehead, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marblehead 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	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	80.6%	8.2%	5.8%	3.7%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	78.9%	9.7%	5.6%	3.5%	1.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	80.6%	8.8%	5.0%	3.5%	1.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	78.2%	10.4%	4.4%	4.4%	1.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	77.8%	10.5%	4.7%	4.1%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.6%
2014	75.9%	11.3%	5.2%	5.2%	1.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	76.9%	10.1%	5.2%	5.5%	0.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2016	75.9%	9.9%	6.6%	5.3%	0.5%	1.1%	0.2%	0.5%
2017	77.0%	9.7%	7.2%	4.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.5%
2018	74.9%	10.4%	8.8%	4.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	74.5%	9.9%	8.4%	6.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	69.0%	16.1%	8.3%	5.7%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	64.9%	21.0%	8.1%	4.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	60.5%	27.5%	5.7%	5.1%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	57.9%	29.9%	5.7%	5.1%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	56.6%	34.0%	5.4%	2.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 80.6% in 2009 to 56.6% in 2024, down 24.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marblehead: its share of workers rose from 8.2% in 2009 to 34.0% in 2024, up 25.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 24.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.7% to 2.7% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 8.8% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 5.4%.

Commute Start Times in Marblehead

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marblehead?

The bars show when commuters in Marblehead 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		1.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		18.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marblehead is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are less common than in Massachusetts: 5.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Massachusetts: 58.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.3%) 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 Marblehead, 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 Marblehead 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 Marblehead 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	Marblehead	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:40 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:46 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:44 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:43 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:46 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:46 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:43 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:48 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:52 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marblehead were on the road by 7:52 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:43 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Marblehead now leave 14 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 Marblehead has moved 5 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Marblehead in the whole series.

How does Marblehead's commute time compare?

Metric	Marblehead	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.8 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	34.0%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	2.7%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	5.4%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Marblehead is 30.8 minutes, longer than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

5.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 2.7% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Marblehead, MA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Marblehead, MA is the smallest of the 4 cities compared here, 20,308 residents against a local median of 43,365. Marblehead, MA's work from home, at 34.0%, runs 62% above the 21.0% typical of the cities around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 30.8 min against a local median of 23.4 min, 31% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 31% above the local median it puts Marblehead, MA at the weaker end of the local range. The cities themselves spread 14.4% on work from home, so Marblehead, MA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Marblehead, MA has the highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Marblehead, MA	20,308	30.8 min #4/4	34.0% #1/4	7:52 AM #2/4
Salem, MA	43,365	21.9 min	21.0%	7:53 AM
Beverly, MA	42,584	23.4 min	22.3%	7:53 AM
Lynn, MA	101,709	28.2 min	7.9%	7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Is commuting expensive in Marblehead, Massachusetts?

Commuters here spend an estimated 256 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,944 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Marblehead, 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 much time do residents in Marblehead, Massachusetts save by working from home?

About 34.0% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Marblehead would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,178 at the same national wage assumption used above.