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Atlantic County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Atlantic County, New Jersey: 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 Atlantic County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Atlantic County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 180 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% less time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.

Atlantic County holds about 3.0% of New Jersey's population but accounts for roughly 2.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Atlantic County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,237 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)
Atlantic County 21.6 min 43.3 min 180 hrs/yr $5,593 1,183
New Jersey 26.2 min 52.4 min 218 hrs/yr $6,764 2,109
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.

Commute Time Map: New Jersey Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in New Jersey
  1. Cape May County (18.1 min)
  2. Cumberland County (21.2 min)
  3. Atlantic County (21.6 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in New Jersey
  1. Hudson County (32.7 min)
  2. Sussex County (32.6 min)
  3. Hunterdon County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Atlantic County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.6 minutes to get to work in Atlantic County. That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in New Jersey

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Atlantic County

  • Car: 81.5%
  • Worked at Home: 9.1%
  • Public Transportation: 4.2%
  • Walked: 2.9%
  • Other: 1.1%
  • Taxi: 0.5%
  • Bicycle: 0.4%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%

Commute Mode Trends in Atlantic County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Atlantic 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 Public Transportation Walked Other Taxi Bicycle Motorcycle
2009 83.8% 2.6% 8.1% 3.8% 0.9% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1%
2010 84.0% 2.5% 8.2% 3.7% 0.8% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1%
2011 84.3% 2.5% 7.8% 3.6% 1.0% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1%
2012 85.0% 2.4% 7.2% 3.7% 1.1% 0.1% 0.5% 0.1%
2013 84.0% 2.3% 7.4% 3.9% 1.4% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1%
2014 84.6% 2.0% 7.3% 3.6% 1.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1%
2015 84.4% 2.0% 7.4% 3.4% 2.0% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1%
2016 84.5% 2.4% 6.7% 3.6% 1.9% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1%
2017 84.6% 2.5% 6.5% 3.5% 2.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.1%
2018 85.1% 2.9% 6.2% 3.4% 1.9% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1%
2019 85.4% 3.2% 5.5% 3.7% 1.7% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1%
2020 84.9% 4.6% 4.5% 3.7% 1.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
2021 84.4% 5.8% 4.2% 3.5% 1.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
2022 83.5% 7.2% 4.0% 3.2% 1.1% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
2023 82.1% 8.5% 4.0% 3.3% 1.1% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
2024 81.5% 9.1% 4.2% 2.9% 1.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 85.4%. Overall it fell from 83.8% in 2009 to 81.5% in 2024, down 2.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Atlantic County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 9.1% in 2024, up 6.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.1% to 4.2% of workers (down 3.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Atlantic County

  • Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among New Jersey's 21 counties: 31.6% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among New Jersey's 21 counties: the typical start is 9 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among New Jersey's 21 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:03 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among New Jersey's 21 counties: only 44.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Atlantic County?

The bars show when commuters in Atlantic 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 Jersey for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
12.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
7.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
9.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.7%

Atlantic County New Jersey Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Atlantic County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 12.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New Jersey. Early starts are about as common as in New Jersey: 10.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New Jersey: 44.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.6%) 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 Atlantic 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 Atlantic 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 Atlantic County next to New Jersey 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 Atlantic County New Jersey United States
2009 8:12 AM 7:48 AM 7:37 AM
2010 8:13 AM 7:49 AM 7:38 AM
2011 8:14 AM 7:49 AM 7:38 AM
2012 8:11 AM 7:50 AM 7:38 AM
2013 8:12 AM 7:51 AM 7:39 AM
2014 8:10 AM 7:51 AM 7:39 AM
2015 8:09 AM 7:51 AM 7:38 AM
2016 8:09 AM 7:51 AM 7:38 AM
2017 8:09 AM 7:50 AM 7:38 AM
2018 8:06 AM 7:50 AM 7:37 AM
2019 8:04 AM 7:49 AM 7:37 AM
2020 8:03 AM 7:49 AM 7:37 AM
2021 8:02 AM 7:49 AM 7:37 AM
2022 8:02 AM 7:50 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:02 AM 7:50 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:03 AM 7:50 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Atlantic County were on the road by 8:03 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:12 AM). That goes against the trend across New Jersey, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Atlantic County now leave 25 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Atlantic County's commute time compare?

Metric Atlantic County New Jersey US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.6 min 26.2 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.1% 16.8% 15.0%
Walked 2.9% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit 4.2% 8.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Atlantic County is 21.6 minutes, shorter than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

4.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 2.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Atlantic County, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Atlantic County, NJ is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 276,076 residents against a local median of 467,571. The measure that sets Atlantic County, NJ apart most is work from home: 9.1%, 27% below the local median of 12.5%.

The counties themselves spread 11.4% on work from home, so Atlantic County, NJ sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Atlantic County, NJ has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Atlantic County, NJ 276,076 21.6 min #3/6 9.1% #5/6 8:03 AM #6/6
Burlington County, NJ 467,571 26.0 min 16.7% 7:44 AM
Cape May County, NJ 94,930 18.1 min 12.1% 7:52 AM
Camden County, NJ 526,561 23.4 min 15.5% 7:47 AM
Cumberland County, NJ 153,308 21.2 min 5.4% 7:34 AM
Ocean County, NJ 654,303 23.4 min 12.5% 7:55 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

Is living in Atlantic County, New Jersey good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 180 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,593 at a typical national wage. That's 17% less than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Atlantic County, New Jersey?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in New Jersey?

Among counties in New Jersey, the shortest average commutes are in Cape May County (18.1 min), Cumberland County (21.2 min), Atlantic County (21.6 min). The longest are in Hudson County (32.7 min), Sussex County (32.6 min), Hunterdon County (31.0 min).