East Orange Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in East Orange, 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 East Orange: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in East Orange spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 255 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

East Orange holds about 0.7% of New Jersey's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in East Orange would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,160 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)
East Orange	30.6 min	61.2 min	255 hrs/yr	$7,899	3,611
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.

East Orange Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.6 minutes to get to work in East Orange. That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 9.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in East Orange

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

Taking a taxi is unusually common in East Orange: 4.8 times more than the New Jersey average (2.9% vs 0.6%).

Biking is essentially absent in East Orange, versus 0.3% in New Jersey.

Commute Mode Trends in East Orange, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in East Orange 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	Taxi	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	66.1%	25.6%	1.4%	5.7%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	67.1%	24.9%	1.3%	5.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	67.1%	25.1%	1.1%	5.5%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	66.3%	25.0%	1.0%	6.1%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	68.0%	23.4%	1.3%	6.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	68.0%	23.2%	1.5%	5.8%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	66.0%	25.2%	1.7%	5.5%	0.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	66.4%	24.8%	2.2%	5.0%	0.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	65.3%	25.9%	2.3%	4.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	64.3%	26.6%	2.0%	5.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	65.8%	25.5%	2.0%	4.4%	1.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	64.2%	23.9%	4.8%	4.0%	1.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	62.9%	22.4%	5.9%	4.3%	1.8%	2.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	63.7%	20.9%	7.1%	3.8%	1.8%	2.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	62.2%	20.1%	8.1%	4.0%	2.7%	2.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	61.2%	20.3%	9.7%	3.2%	2.9%	2.6%	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 2013 at 68.0%. Overall it fell from 66.1% in 2009 to 61.2% in 2024, down 4.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in East Orange: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 9.7% in 2024, up 8.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 25.6% to 20.3% of workers (down 5.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in East Orange

What Time Do People Leave for Work in East Orange?

The bars show when commuters in East Orange 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		6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		10.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in East Orange is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across New Jersey. Early starts are more common than in New Jersey: 14.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New Jersey: 41.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.8%) 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 East Orange, 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 East Orange 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 East Orange 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	East Orange	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:44 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:48 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:51 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:52 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:44 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:47 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:52 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:52 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 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	8:03 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:57 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:53 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in East Orange were on the road by 7:53 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across New Jersey, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in East Orange now leave 15 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 East Orange has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does East Orange's commute time compare?

Metric	East Orange	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.6 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.7%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	20.3%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in East Orange is 30.6 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

20.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in East Orange, New Jersey.

Is commuting expensive in East Orange, New Jersey?

Commuters here spend an estimated 255 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,899 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

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

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