Glassboro Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Glassboro, 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 Glassboro: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Glassboro spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 215 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 0.4 minutes.

Glassboro 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 Glassboro would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,666 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)
Glassboro	25.8 min	51.6 min	215 hrs/yr	$6,666	1,594
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.

Glassboro Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.8 minutes to get to work in Glassboro. That's 15% 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 working from home. About 16.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Glassboro

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Glassboro: 9.2 times more than the New Jersey average (0.3% vs 0.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Glassboro: 4.1 times less than the New Jersey average (2.0% vs 8.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Glassboro, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Glassboro 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	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	85.8%	4.4%	5.8%	3.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	87.0%	5.0%	5.3%	2.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	88.5%	4.8%	3.7%	1.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	86.3%	5.3%	6.0%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	84.3%	5.4%	6.9%	1.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2014	86.4%	5.3%	5.2%	2.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2015	85.7%	4.0%	5.9%	3.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%
2016	85.2%	4.0%	6.2%	3.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%
2017	87.1%	3.1%	5.1%	2.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%
2018	90.1%	3.5%	2.7%	2.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	86.1%	4.0%	5.2%	2.4%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	83.5%	5.8%	5.8%	2.3%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	80.3%	9.2%	5.2%	2.6%	2.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	77.0%	11.8%	6.1%	2.6%	2.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	76.5%	13.8%	5.2%	2.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	72.4%	16.7%	6.5%	2.0%	1.5%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 90.1%. Overall it fell from 85.8% in 2009 to 72.4% in 2024, down 13.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Glassboro: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 16.7% in 2024, up 12.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Biking peaked at 1.5% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in Glassboro

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Glassboro?

The bars show when commuters in Glassboro 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		3.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		10.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Glassboro is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across New Jersey. Early starts are about as common as in New Jersey: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New Jersey: 42.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.2%) 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 Glassboro, 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 Glassboro 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 Glassboro 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	Glassboro	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:52 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:47 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:41 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:41 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:38 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:41 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:50 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:54 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:55 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:58 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:06 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Glassboro were on the road by 8:06 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:52 AM). The shift is sharper than across New Jersey, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Glassboro now leave 28 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 Glassboro has moved 24 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Glassboro in the whole series.

How does Glassboro's commute time compare?

Metric	Glassboro	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.8 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	16.7%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.0%	8.1%	3.2%

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

2.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 6.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Glassboro, New Jersey.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 215 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,666 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Glassboro, 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.

Do people use public transit in Glassboro, New Jersey?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 2.0% of commuters use it versus 8.1% in New Jersey, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.