Commuting in Grafton 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 Grafton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Grafton County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 146 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.
Grafton County holds about 6.6% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 5.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Grafton County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,810 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)
Grafton County
17.5 min
35.0 min
146 hrs/yr
$4,525
587
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
17.5
minutes to get to work in
Grafton County.
That's 22% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in New Hampshire
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Grafton County
Car:
75.7%
Worked at Home:
17.2%
Walked:
4.4%
Other:
1.3%
Bicycle:
0.7%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Biking is unusually common in Grafton County: 3.3 times more than the New Hampshire average (0.7% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Grafton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Grafton 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
83.8%
4.6%
8.1%
1.5%
0.9%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
84.0%
4.7%
8.0%
1.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
83.9%
5.0%
7.4%
1.7%
0.6%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2012
83.3%
5.0%
7.9%
1.7%
0.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
82.6%
5.2%
8.2%
1.8%
0.5%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
82.9%
5.1%
8.2%
1.6%
0.4%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
82.6%
4.9%
8.5%
1.6%
0.5%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
82.7%
5.1%
8.5%
1.4%
0.7%
1.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
82.4%
5.3%
7.7%
2.1%
0.8%
1.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
83.7%
5.5%
6.6%
1.9%
0.9%
1.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
83.4%
5.7%
6.6%
2.0%
0.9%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
82.3%
7.5%
6.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
80.7%
10.1%
6.0%
1.7%
0.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
79.8%
12.6%
5.2%
1.1%
0.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
77.7%
15.0%
4.9%
1.0%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
75.7%
17.2%
4.4%
1.3%
0.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 84.0%. Overall it fell from 83.8% in 2009 to 75.7% in 2024, down 8.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Grafton County: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 17.2% in 2024, up 12.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 8.1% to 4.4% of workers (down 3.7 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 Grafton County
🦉Night OwlThe latest start among New Hampshire's 10 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:37 AM.
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among New Hampshire's 10 counties: 53.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grafton County?
The bars show when commuters in Grafton 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
12:00-4:59 AMGrafton County3.4%New Hampshire5.2%
3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGrafton County3.1%New Hampshire4.0%
3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGrafton County4.2%New Hampshire5.1%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGrafton County8.3%New Hampshire8.9%
8.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGrafton County12.7%New Hampshire11.3%
12.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGrafton County14.8%New Hampshire15.1%
14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGrafton County14.5%New Hampshire12.9%
14.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGrafton County11.0%New Hampshire10.7%
11.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGrafton County6.4%New Hampshire5.5%
6.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGrafton County6.4%New Hampshire5.8%
6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGrafton County3.3%New Hampshire2.6%
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGrafton County1.0%New Hampshire1.5%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGrafton County5.8%New Hampshire6.7%
5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGrafton County5.1%New Hampshire4.7%
5.1%
Grafton CountyNew HampshireSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Grafton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across New Hampshire. Early starts are less common than in New Hampshire: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Hampshire: 53.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.6%) 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 Grafton 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 Grafton 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 Grafton 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
Grafton County
New Hampshire
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:35 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
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:41 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:34 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:37 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Grafton County were on the road by 7:37 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). New Hampshire followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Grafton County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Grafton County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Grafton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Grafton County
New Hampshire
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.5 min
22.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
17.2%
16.8%
15.0%
Walked
4.4%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Grafton County is 17.5 minutes, shorter than the 22.5 minutes in New Hampshire.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as New Hampshire. 4.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in New Hampshire.
Grafton County, NH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Grafton County, NH is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 92,112 residents against a local median of 51,798. Where Grafton County, NH breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 18% below the local median of 21.3 min at 17.5 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 3.0 min on one-way commute, so Grafton County, NH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Grafton County, NH has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Grafton County, New Hampshire?
Commuters here spend an estimated 146 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,525 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical New Hampshire commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Grafton County, New Hampshire?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Grafton County, New Hampshire. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 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).