Bergenfield Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Bergenfield, 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 Bergenfield: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bergenfield spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 239 hours, about 9.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.

Bergenfield holds about 0.3% of New Jersey's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bergenfield would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,961 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)
Bergenfield	28.7 min	57.3 min	239 hrs/yr	$7,402	3,029
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.

Bergenfield Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.7 minutes to get to work in Bergenfield. That's 28% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 public transit. About 8.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bergenfield

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Bergenfield, versus 0.0% in New Jersey.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bergenfield, versus 0.6% in New Jersey.

Biking is unusually rare in Bergenfield: 237.9 times less than the New Jersey average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Bergenfield, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bergenfield 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	Public Transportation	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	80.8%	13.5%	2.0%	2.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	81.4%	13.0%	1.9%	1.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	82.5%	12.2%	2.4%	1.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	82.9%	10.5%	2.5%	2.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2013	82.8%	11.2%	2.6%	2.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.7%
2014	80.5%	12.6%	3.0%	2.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.8%
2015	80.1%	12.9%	2.8%	2.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.8%
2016	79.5%	13.1%	3.6%	2.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.8%
2017	79.0%	14.0%	3.7%	1.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	1.0%
2018	78.5%	14.8%	3.5%	2.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	79.7%	14.3%	3.2%	2.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	79.1%	14.5%	4.1%	1.6%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	77.5%	14.2%	5.2%	1.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	77.6%	12.4%	6.4%	2.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	78.1%	11.2%	7.9%	1.5%	1.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	77.5%	9.8%	8.8%	2.0%	1.8%	0.0%	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 2012 at 82.9%. Overall it fell from 80.8% in 2009 to 77.5% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bergenfield: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 8.8% in 2024, up 6.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 13.5% to 9.8% of workers (down 3.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Bergenfield

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bergenfield?

The bars show when commuters in Bergenfield 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		3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Bergenfield is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New Jersey. Early starts are about as common as in New Jersey: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Jersey: 54.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.7%) 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 Bergenfield, 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 Bergenfield 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 Bergenfield 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	Bergenfield	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:55 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:00 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:03 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:08 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:08 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:10 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:11 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:11 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:10 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:10 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:10 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:06 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:03 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:01 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:55 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:45 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bergenfield were on the road by 7:45 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:55 AM). That goes against the trend across New Jersey, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Bergenfield now leave 7 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bergenfield has moved 25 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Bergenfield in the whole series.

How does Bergenfield's commute time compare?

Metric	Bergenfield	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.7 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	8.8%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	9.8%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bergenfield is 28.7 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

9.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 2.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bergenfield, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Bergenfield, NJ compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Bergenfield, NJ	28,486	28.7 min #2/2	8.8% #2/2	7:45 AM #1/2
Englewood, NJ	29,605	25.5 min	17.5%	7:57 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bergenfield, New Jersey.

Is commuting expensive in Bergenfield, New Jersey?

Commuters here spend an estimated 239 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,402 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bergenfield, New Jersey?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Bergenfield, 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.