Pittsfield Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Pittsfield, 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 Pittsfield: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pittsfield spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 127 hours, about 5.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% less time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 10.3 minutes.

Pittsfield holds about 0.6% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Pittsfield would save about 51 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,576 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)
Pittsfield	15.3 min	30.5 min	127 hrs/yr	$3,941	1,943
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.

Pittsfield Commute Map

On average, it takes 15.3 minutes to get to work in Pittsfield. That's 32% shorter 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 10.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pittsfield

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

Driving is 21% more common in Pittsfield than the Massachusetts average (82.7% vs 68.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Pittsfield: 3.4 times less than the Massachusetts average (1.9% vs 6.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Pittsfield: 13.1 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Pittsfield, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pittsfield 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	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	90.5%	2.4%	4.2%	1.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.7%	0.1%
2010	91.5%	1.8%	4.2%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.7%	0.1%
2011	90.7%	2.5%	4.3%	1.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.8%	0.2%
2012	89.9%	2.4%	5.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.9%	0.3%
2013	89.5%	2.4%	4.8%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	1.0%	0.3%
2014	90.2%	3.1%	4.3%	1.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%
2015	89.3%	3.2%	4.1%	1.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2016	90.0%	2.5%	3.9%	2.0%	0.9%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	90.6%	2.8%	3.0%	2.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	91.2%	2.7%	2.9%	1.8%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	90.8%	2.4%	3.4%	2.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	91.1%	3.7%	2.6%	1.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	88.0%	6.1%	2.7%	2.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%
2022	87.6%	6.5%	2.6%	1.8%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	85.2%	8.5%	3.0%	1.8%	1.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	82.7%	10.2%	3.0%	1.9%	1.6%	0.5%	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 2010 at 91.5%. Overall it fell from 90.5% in 2009 to 82.7% in 2024, down 7.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pittsfield: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 10.2% in 2024, up 7.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.2% to 3.0% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Pittsfield

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pittsfield?

The bars show when commuters in Pittsfield 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		2.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Pittsfield is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are less common than in Massachusetts: 8.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Massachusetts: 52.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.7%) 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 Pittsfield, 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 Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield 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	Pittsfield	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:53 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:51 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:50 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:48 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:52 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:58 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:01 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:04 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:02 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:04 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:06 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:02 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:04 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:59 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:57 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pittsfield were on the road by 7:57 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:53 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Pittsfield now leave 19 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 Pittsfield has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Pittsfield's commute time compare?

Metric	Pittsfield	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	15.3 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	10.2%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.9%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Pittsfield is 15.3 minutes, shorter than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

1.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 3.0% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Is living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 127 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,941 at a typical national wage. That's 40% less than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Pittsfield, Massachusetts?

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

Do people use public transit in Pittsfield, Massachusetts?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.9% of commuters use it versus 6.5% in Massachusetts, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.