Belknap County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Belknap County, New Hampshire: 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 Belknap County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Belknap County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 170 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

Belknap County holds about 4.6% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 4.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Belknap County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,110 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)
Belknap County	20.4 min	40.8 min	170 hrs/yr	$5,275	1,106
New Hampshire	22.5 min	45.0 min	188 hrs/yr	$5,813	1,232
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.

Commute Time Map: New Hampshire Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in New Hampshire

Coos County (17.5 min)
Grafton County (17.5 min)
Cheshire County (18.6 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in New Hampshire

Rockingham County (25.8 min)
Sullivan County (23.5 min)
Merrimack County (23.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Belknap County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.4 minutes to get to work in Belknap County. That's 9% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in New Hampshire

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 13.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Belknap County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Belknap County, versus 0.1% in New Hampshire.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Belknap County, versus 0.1% in New Hampshire.

Commute Mode Trends in Belknap County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Belknap County 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	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.7%	4.0%	3.0%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	91.9%	4.4%	2.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2011	91.6%	4.7%	2.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2012	92.3%	4.7%	2.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	92.9%	4.3%	1.8%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	93.1%	4.3%	1.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2015	92.7%	4.2%	1.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	92.4%	4.2%	1.4%	1.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	91.5%	4.9%	1.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	90.5%	5.2%	2.1%	1.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	89.6%	5.9%	2.5%	1.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	90.4%	5.9%	2.1%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2021	88.5%	8.0%	2.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	86.4%	10.0%	2.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	85.8%	11.5%	1.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	84.0%	13.5%	1.4%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	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 2014 at 93.1%. Overall it fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 84.0% in 2024, down 7.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Belknap County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 13.5% in 2024, up 9.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.0% to 1.4% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Belknap County

Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among New Hampshire's 10 counties: 53.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among New Hampshire's 10 counties: the typical start is 3 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Belknap County?

The bars show when commuters in Belknap County 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 New Hampshire for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.3%

Belknap County New Hampshire Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Belknap County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.9% across New Hampshire. Early starts are less common than in New Hampshire: 12.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Hampshire: 53.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.3%) 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 Belknap County, 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 Belknap County 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 Belknap County next to New Hampshire 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	Belknap County	New Hampshire	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:31 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:30 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:31 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Belknap County were on the road by 7:31 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:28 AM). That goes against the trend across New Hampshire, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Belknap County now leave 7 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 Belknap County has moved 4 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Belknap County in the whole series.

How does Belknap County's commute time compare?

Metric	Belknap County	New Hampshire	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.4 min	22.5 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	13.5%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Belknap County is 20.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.5 minutes in New Hampshire.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in New Hampshire. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in New Hampshire.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Belknap County, NH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Belknap County, NH is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 64,647 residents against a local median of 132,534. Belknap County, NH's work from home, at 13.5%, runs 17% below the 16.2% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 5.0% on work from home, so Belknap County, NH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Belknap County, NH has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Belknap County, NH	64,647	20.4 min #2/6	13.5% #6/6	7:31 AM #3/6
Merrimack County, NH	155,964	23.0 min	14.4%	7:27 AM
Carroll County, NH	51,798	21.3 min	16.2%	7:29 AM
Strafford County, NH	132,534	22.0 min	16.2%	7:36 AM
Grafton County, NH	92,112	17.5 min	17.2%	7:37 AM
Rockingham County, NH	319,036	25.8 min	19.4%	7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Belknap County, New Hampshire.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Belknap County, New Hampshire?

Commuters here spend an estimated 170 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,275 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical New Hampshire commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Belknap County, New Hampshire?

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

How do commute times compare across counties in New Hampshire?

Among counties in New Hampshire, the shortest average commutes are in Coos County (17.5 min), Grafton County (17.5 min), Cheshire County (18.6 min). The longest are in Rockingham County (25.8 min), Sullivan County (23.5 min), Merrimack County (23.0 min).