Commuting in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cheshire County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% less time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.
Cheshire County holds about 5.5% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 4.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Cheshire County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,923 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)
Cheshire County
18.6 min
37.2 min
155 hrs/yr
$4,807
805
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.
On average, it takes
18.6
minutes to get to work in
Cheshire County.
That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 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 13.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cheshire County
Car:
82.2%
Worked at Home:
13.1%
Walked:
3.6%
Other:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cheshire County, versus 0.1% in New Hampshire.
Commute Mode Trends in Cheshire County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cheshire 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
86.4%
6.3%
5.4%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.8%
0.0%
2010
85.8%
6.6%
6.0%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2011
85.5%
6.6%
6.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
2012
86.2%
6.6%
5.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2013
86.4%
7.5%
4.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2014
86.9%
7.2%
4.2%
0.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
86.8%
8.1%
3.2%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2016
85.7%
9.0%
3.0%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.8%
0.0%
2017
85.1%
9.5%
3.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2018
85.1%
9.2%
3.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2019
85.1%
9.5%
3.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2020
85.4%
9.6%
3.0%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
2021
84.7%
10.5%
3.1%
1.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2022
84.9%
11.1%
2.3%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2023
84.6%
11.3%
2.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2024
82.2%
13.1%
3.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
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 86.9%. Overall it fell from 86.4% in 2009 to 82.2% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cheshire County: its share of workers rose from 6.3% in 2009 to 13.1% in 2024, up 6.8 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.4% to 3.6% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Cheshire County
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among New Hampshire's 10 counties: only 48.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cheshire County?
The bars show when commuters in Cheshire 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.
Cheshire CountyNew HampshireSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cheshire County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.9% across New Hampshire. Early starts are about as common as in New Hampshire: 15.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like New Hampshire's: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.3%) 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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Cheshire County
New Hampshire
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:38 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:38 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:35 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:34 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:33 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cheshire County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). New Hampshire followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Cheshire County now leave 5 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 Cheshire County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Cheshire County in the whole series.
How does Cheshire County's commute time compare?
Metric
Cheshire County
New Hampshire
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.6 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
13.1%
16.8%
15.0%
Walked
3.6%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cheshire County is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.5 minutes in New Hampshire.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in New Hampshire. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in New Hampshire.
Cheshire County, NH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cheshire County, NH is typical in size for this group, 77,281 residents against a local median of 70,937, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Cheshire County, NH apart most is one-way commute: 18.6 min, 18% below the local median of 22.8 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 13.1% against a local median of 15.6%, 16% below it. The counties themselves spread 5.9 min on one-way commute, so Cheshire County, NH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cheshire County, NH has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Cheshire County, New Hampshire?
Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,807 at a typical national wage. That's 17% less than the typical New Hampshire commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Cheshire County, New Hampshire?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Cheshire 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).