Commuting in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Rockingham County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 215 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% more time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 3.3 minutes.
Rockingham County holds about 22.9% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 26.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Rockingham County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,666 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)
Rockingham County
25.8 min
51.6 min
215 hrs/yr
$6,664
2,022
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
25.8
minutes to get to work in
Rockingham County.
That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slowest county 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 19.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Rockingham County
Car:
77.6%
Worked at Home:
19.4%
Walked:
1.3%
Other:
0.9%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Rockingham County: 4.6 times less than the New Hampshire average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Rockingham County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Rockingham 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
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
91.6%
5.0%
1.8%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
91.3%
5.2%
1.8%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
90.7%
5.8%
1.8%
0.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
90.5%
5.8%
1.8%
0.6%
0.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
90.5%
5.9%
1.8%
0.6%
0.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
90.3%
6.0%
1.7%
0.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
90.3%
6.2%
1.7%
0.7%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
90.1%
6.3%
1.6%
0.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
90.0%
6.6%
1.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
89.6%
6.9%
1.8%
0.7%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
89.0%
7.3%
1.9%
0.7%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
87.1%
9.5%
1.7%
0.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
84.4%
12.3%
1.6%
0.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
81.6%
15.0%
1.5%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
79.4%
17.2%
1.5%
0.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
77.6%
19.4%
1.3%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.6% in 2009 to 77.6% in 2024, down 14.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Rockingham County: its share of workers rose from 5.0% in 2009 to 19.4% in 2024, up 14.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 1.3% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Rockingham County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rockingham County?
The bars show when commuters in Rockingham 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.
Rockingham CountyNew HampshireSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Rockingham County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across New Hampshire. Early starts are about as common as in New Hampshire: 13.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like New Hampshire's: 50.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.4%) 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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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
Rockingham County
New Hampshire
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:30 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:30 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Rockingham County were on the road by 7:32 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across New Hampshire, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Rockingham County now leave 6 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Rockingham County's commute time compare?
Metric
Rockingham County
New Hampshire
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.8 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
19.4%
16.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Rockingham County is 25.8 minutes, longer than the 22.5 minutes in New Hampshire.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in New Hampshire. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in New Hampshire.
Rockingham County, NH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Rockingham County, NH is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 319,036 residents against a local median of 216,704. Where Rockingham County, NH breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 19% above the local median of 16.4% at 19.4%.
The counties themselves spread 11.1% on work from home, so Rockingham County, NH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Rockingham County, NH has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Rockingham County, New Hampshire?
Commuters here spend an estimated 215 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,664 at a typical national wage. That's 15% more than the typical New Hampshire commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Rockingham County, New Hampshire?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Rockingham 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.
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).