Hillsborough County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hillsborough County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hillsborough County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting.

That is 1% more time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Hillsborough County holds about 30.5% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 30.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hillsborough County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,347 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)
Hillsborough County	22.7 min	45.4 min	189 hrs/yr	$5,867	1,801
New Hampshire	22.5 min	45.0 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,807	1,232
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 22.7 minutes to get to work in Hillsborough County. That's 1% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in New Hampshire

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 16.1% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 80.3%
• Worked at Home: 16.1%
• Walked: 1.7%
• Other: 0.9%
• Public Transportation: 0.6%
• Bicycle: 0.2%
• Taxi: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%

How does Hillsborough County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hillsborough County	New Hampshire	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.7 min	22.5 min	22.5 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	16.1%	15.1%	13.4%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	0.6%	3.5%

The average commute time in Hillsborough County is 22.7 minutes, longer than the 22.5 minutes in New Hampshire.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as New Hampshire. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.2% in New Hampshire.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau