Port Huron Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Port Huron: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Port Huron spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 131 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.
Port Huron holds about 0.3% of Michigan's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Port Huron would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,624 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Huron | 15.7 min | 31.4 min | 131 hrs/yr | $4,061 | 2,321 |
| Michigan | 21.3 min | 42.6 min | 178 hrs/yr | $5,509 | 1,585 |
| 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.
Port Huron Commute Map
On average, it takes 15.7 minutes to get to work in Port Huron. That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Port Huron
- Car: 87.0%
- Worked at Home: 5.7%
- Public Transportation: 2.6%
- Walked: 1.9%
- Bicycle: 1.5% unusually high
- Other: 0.8%
- Taxi: 0.5% unusually high
- Motorcycle: < 0.1%
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Port Huron: 3.4 times more than the Michigan average (0.5% vs 0.1%).
Biking is unusually common in Port Huron: 4.4 times more than the Michigan average (1.5% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Port Huron, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Port Huron 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Public Transportation | Walked | Bicycle | Other | Taxi | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 91.5% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 90.0% | 3.0% | 1.1% | 3.2% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 90.4% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| 2012 | 89.6% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2013 | 89.6% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 90.8% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 91.2% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 91.7% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 91.6% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 91.2% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 90.0% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2022 | 91.0% | 4.5% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 89.2% | 4.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 87.0% | 5.7% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 92.8%. Overall it fell from 91.5% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 4.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Port Huron: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 5.7% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 1.9% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Port Huron
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Port Huron?
The bars show when commuters in Port Huron 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 Michigan for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
| 12:00-4:59 AM |
12:00-4:59 AM
Port Huron6.1%
Michigan5.3%
|
6.1% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Port Huron3.7%
Michigan3.9%
|
3.7% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Port Huron5.3%
Michigan5.1%
|
5.3% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Port Huron8.7%
Michigan8.0%
|
8.7% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Port Huron6.8%
Michigan9.0%
|
6.8% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Port Huron6.4%
Michigan13.0%
|
6.4% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Port Huron10.1%
Michigan12.1%
|
10.1% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Port Huron10.4%
Michigan10.9%
|
10.4% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Port Huron5.1%
Michigan5.6%
|
5.1% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Port Huron4.2%
Michigan6.7%
|
4.2% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Port Huron6.3%
Michigan3.2%
|
6.3% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Port Huron0.9%
Michigan1.6%
|
0.9% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Port Huron14.1%
Michigan8.5%
|
14.1% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Port Huron12.1%
Michigan7.1%
|
12.1% |
Port Huron Michigan Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Port Huron is 12:00-3:59 PM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.5% across Michigan. Early starts are about as common as in Michigan: 15.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Michigan: 33.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (37.5%) 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 Port Huron, 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 Port Huron 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 Port Huron next to Michigan 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Port Huron | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:54 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:59 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:56 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:56 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 8:09 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 8:07 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 8:04 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 8:04 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:59 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:58 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:57 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:57 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 8:04 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 8:04 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 8:05 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 8:09 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Port Huron were on the road by 8:09 AM, 15 minutes later than in 2009 (7:54 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Port Huron now leave 31 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 Port Huron has moved 12 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Port Huron in the whole series.
How does Port Huron's commute time compare?
| Metric | Port Huron | Michigan | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 15.7 min | 21.3 min | 22.4 min |
| Departure Window | 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM |
| Secondary Departure Window | 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 5.7% | 13.5% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 2.6% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Port Huron is 15.7 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.
2.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Michigan. 1.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Michigan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Port Huron, Michigan.
Is commuting expensive in Port Huron, Michigan?
Commuters here spend an estimated 131 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,061 at a typical national wage. That's 26% less than the typical Michigan commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Port Huron, Michigan?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM in Port Huron, Michigan. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.