West Springfield Town Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in West Springfield Town: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in West Springfield Town spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.8 minutes.

West Springfield Town holds about 0.4% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in West Springfield Town would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,835 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)
West Springfield Town	17.8 min	35.5 min	148 hrs/yr	$4,588	2,973
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.

West Springfield Town Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.8 minutes to get to work in West Springfield Town. That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in West Springfield Town

• Car: 86.8% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 10.4%
• Walked: 1.7%
• Other: 0.8%
• Public Transportation: 0.3% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in West Springfield Town, versus 0.1% in Massachusetts.

Driving is 27% more common in West Springfield Town than the Massachusetts average (86.8% vs 68.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in West Springfield Town: 22.1 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.3% vs 6.5%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in West Springfield Town, versus 0.4% in Massachusetts.

Biking is unusually rare in West Springfield Town: 16.8 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.0% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in West Springfield Town, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in West Springfield Town 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.8%	2.3%	2.1%	0.4%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	93.3%	2.7%	2.9%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	93.9%	2.7%	2.0%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.2%	3.0%	2.2%	0.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	93.0%	2.4%	2.3%	0.4%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	92.8%	2.8%	1.5%	0.5%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	92.6%	2.9%	1.4%	0.5%	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	90.2%	3.5%	2.6%	0.8%	2.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	90.4%	3.0%	3.2%	0.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	91.3%	3.6%	2.9%	0.5%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	91.4%	3.7%	2.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	88.8%	6.9%	2.5%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	89.1%	7.7%	2.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	89.1%	8.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2023	88.2%	9.4%	1.3%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2024	86.8%	10.4%	1.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	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 93.9%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 86.8% in 2024, down 7.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in West Springfield Town: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 10.4% in 2024, up 8.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.3% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 3.2% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.

Commute Start Times in West Springfield Town

What Time Do People Leave for Work in West Springfield Town?

The bars show when commuters in West Springfield Town 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	12:00-4:59 AM West Springfield Town2.6% Massachusetts3.7%	2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM West Springfield Town2.3% Massachusetts3.3%	2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM West Springfield Town7.3% Massachusetts4.1%	7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM West Springfield Town9.1% Massachusetts8.4%	9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM West Springfield Town10.9% Massachusetts9.5%	10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM West Springfield Town12.8% Massachusetts14.3%	12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM West Springfield Town14.8% Massachusetts11.7%	14.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM West Springfield Town12.6% Massachusetts13.5%	12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM West Springfield Town5.6% Massachusetts7.1%	5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM West Springfield Town9.8% Massachusetts7.7%	9.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM West Springfield Town0.5% Massachusetts3.2%	0.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM West Springfield Town0.5% Massachusetts1.5%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM West Springfield Town5.1% Massachusetts7.1%	5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM West Springfield Town6.1% Massachusetts4.9%	6.1%

West Springfield Town Massachusetts Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in West Springfield Town is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across Massachusetts. Early starts are more common than in Massachusetts: 12.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Massachusetts: 51.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.1%) 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 West Springfield Town, 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 West Springfield Town 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 West Springfield Town 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	West Springfield Town	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:49 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:49 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:49 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:52 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:40 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in West Springfield Town were on the road by 7:40 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in West Springfield Town now leave 2 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 West Springfield Town has moved 11 minutes earlier.

How does West Springfield Town's commute time compare?

Metric	West Springfield Town	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.8 min	25.6 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.4%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in West Springfield Town is 17.8 minutes, shorter than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau