Burlington County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Burlington 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 Burlington County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Burlington 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 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Burlington County holds about 5.0% of New Jersey's population and accounts for roughly 5.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Burlington County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,683 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)
Burlington County	26.0 min	51.9 min	216 hrs/yr	$6,708	1,965
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

Cape May County (18.1 min)
Cumberland County (21.2 min)
Atlantic County (21.6 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in New Jersey

Hudson County (32.7 min)
Sussex County (32.6 min)
Hunterdon County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Burlington County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.0 minutes to get to work in Burlington County. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 16.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Burlington County

Public transit is unusually rare in Burlington County: 3.9 times less than the New Jersey average (2.1% vs 8.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Burlington County: 4.2 times less than the New Jersey average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Commute Mode Trends in Burlington County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Burlington 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.3%	4.1%	3.1%	1.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	90.5%	3.9%	3.1%	1.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	90.3%	4.0%	3.3%	1.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	90.3%	4.0%	3.3%	1.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	90.0%	4.0%	3.4%	1.5%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	90.4%	3.7%	3.5%	1.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	90.4%	3.6%	3.5%	1.5%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	90.6%	3.7%	3.5%	1.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	90.2%	3.8%	3.6%	1.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	90.2%	4.0%	3.5%	1.2%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	90.1%	4.3%	3.4%	1.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	87.6%	7.2%	3.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	85.2%	10.0%	2.7%	0.9%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	83.0%	12.5%	2.6%	0.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	80.9%	14.8%	2.3%	0.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	79.1%	16.7%	2.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 90.6%. Overall it fell from 90.3% in 2009 to 79.1% in 2024, down 11.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Burlington County: its share of workers rose from 4.1% in 2009 to 16.7% in 2024, up 12.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 2.1% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Burlington County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Burlington County?

The bars show when commuters in Burlington 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		3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Burlington County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across New Jersey. Early starts are about as common as in New Jersey: 10.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Jersey: 52.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.4%) 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 Burlington 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 Burlington 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 Burlington 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	Burlington County	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:40 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:40 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:41 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:42 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:40 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:41 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:40 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:40 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:42 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:43 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Burlington County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:40 AM). New Jersey followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Burlington County now leave 6 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 Burlington County has moved 4 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Burlington County in the whole series.

How does Burlington County's commute time compare?

Metric	Burlington County	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.0 min	26.2 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.7%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.1%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Burlington County is about the same as in New Jersey.

2.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Burlington County, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Burlington County, NJ is typical in size for this group, 467,571 residents against a local median of 526,561, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Burlington County, NJ an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 11% above the local median at 26.0 min against 23.4 min. Burlington County, NJ has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Burlington County, NJ	467,571	26.0 min #5/6	16.7% #3/6	7:44 AM #1/6
Camden County, NJ	526,561	23.4 min	15.5%	7:47 AM
Mercer County, NJ	385,681	21.7 min	19.5%	7:58 AM
Atlantic County, NJ	276,076	21.6 min	9.1%	8:03 AM
Ocean County, NJ	654,303	23.4 min	12.5%	7:55 AM
Philadelphia County, PA	1,579,069	30.5 min	18.4%	7:59 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Burlington County, New Jersey.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Burlington County, New Jersey?

Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,708 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Burlington County, New Jersey?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Burlington County, New Jersey. 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 Burlington County, New Jersey?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 2.1% of commuters use it versus 8.1% in New Jersey, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in New Jersey have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).