Merrimack County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Merrimack County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Merrimack County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting.

That is 2% more time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Merrimack County holds about 11.2% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 11.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Merrimack County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 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)
Merrimack County	22.9 min	45.7 min	191 hrs/yr	$5,906	1,305
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 22.9 minutes to get to work in Merrimack County. That's 2% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 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 13.1% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 82.7%
• Worked at Home: 13.1%
• Walked: 2.7%
• Other: 0.7%
• Bicycle: 0.3%
• Public Transportation: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: 0.2%
• Taxi: < 0.1%

How does Merrimack County's commute time compare?

Metric	Merrimack County	New Hampshire	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.9 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	13.1%	15.1%	13.4%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.6%	3.5%

The average commute time in Merrimack County is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 22.5 minutes in New Hampshire.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in New Hampshire. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.2% in New Hampshire.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau