Commuting in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Sullivan County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% more time on the road than the New Hampshire average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.
Sullivan County holds about 3.1% of New Hampshire's population but accounts for roughly 3.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Sullivan County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,427 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)
Sullivan County
23.5 min
47.0 min
196 hrs/yr
$6,066
612
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
23.5
minutes to get to work in
Sullivan County.
That's 5% longer than the 22.4-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. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Sullivan County
Car:
85.5%
Worked at Home:
10.2%
Walked:
2.3%
Other:
1.3%
Taxi:
0.5%unusually high
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Sullivan County, versus 0.1% in New Hampshire.
Public transit is unusually rare in Sullivan County: 6.3 times less than the New Hampshire average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Sullivan County: 4.2 times more than the New Hampshire average (0.5% vs 0.1%).
Biking is unusually rare in Sullivan County: 7.1 times less than the New Hampshire average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Sullivan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Sullivan 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
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
89.4%
5.4%
3.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
88.4%
6.2%
3.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
89.3%
5.8%
3.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2012
88.4%
5.8%
3.5%
1.4%
0.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
89.8%
5.4%
2.9%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
88.5%
6.0%
3.2%
1.7%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
89.7%
5.2%
3.0%
1.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
89.3%
5.3%
3.2%
1.4%
0.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
90.7%
4.8%
3.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
90.8%
5.1%
2.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
92.1%
4.9%
2.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
91.2%
6.0%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
90.1%
7.0%
1.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
88.7%
8.3%
1.5%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
86.2%
9.6%
2.4%
1.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.5%
10.2%
2.3%
1.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 92.1%. Overall it fell from 89.4% in 2009 to 85.5% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Sullivan County: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 10.2% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 2.3% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Sullivan County
🐦Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among New Hampshire's 10 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:19 AM.
🌅Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among New Hampshire's 10 counties: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
⏰Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among New Hampshire's 10 counties: the typical start is 12 minutes earlier than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sullivan County?
The bars show when commuters in Sullivan 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.
Sullivan CountyNew HampshireSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Sullivan County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across New Hampshire. Early starts are more common than in New Hampshire: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Hampshire: 52.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.9%) 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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
Sullivan County
New Hampshire
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:22 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:22 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Sullivan County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across New Hampshire, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sullivan County now leave 19 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Sullivan County's commute time compare?
Metric
Sullivan County
New Hampshire
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.5 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
10.2%
16.8%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Sullivan County is about the same as in New Hampshire.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in New Hampshire. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as New Hampshire.
Sullivan County, NH Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Sullivan County, NH is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 43,677 residents against a local median of 57,919. Sullivan County, NH's work from home, at 10.2%, runs 33% below the 15.4% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 5.4% on work from home, so Sullivan County, NH sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sullivan County, NH has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Is commuting expensive in Sullivan County, New Hampshire?
Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,066 at a typical national wage. That's 4% more than the typical New Hampshire commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Sullivan County, New Hampshire?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Sullivan 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.
Do people use public transit in Sullivan County, New Hampshire?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in New Hampshire, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in New Hampshire have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).