Harrison Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Harrison, 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 Harrison: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Harrison spend about 74 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 307 hours, about 12.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 10.6 minutes.

Harrison holds about 0.2% of New Jersey's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Harrison would save about 123 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,802 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)
Harrison	36.8 min	73.6 min	307 hrs/yr	$9,504	4,139
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.

Harrison Commute Map

On average, it takes 36.8 minutes to get to work in Harrison. That's 64% 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 19.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Harrison

Driving is 45% less common in Harrison than the New Jersey average (38.5% vs 69.9%).

Public transit is unusually common in Harrison: 3.6 times more than the New Jersey average (29.5% vs 8.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Harrison, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Harrison 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	53.8%	25.4%	1.2%	17.0%	0.9%	0.4%	1.4%	0.0%
2010	55.7%	27.4%	0.7%	14.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%
2011	54.0%	30.2%	1.6%	12.9%	0.0%	0.2%	1.1%	0.0%
2012	55.4%	29.4%	2.3%	11.9%	0.1%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%
2013	56.5%	29.3%	3.3%	9.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%
2014	54.2%	29.3%	3.7%	10.5%	2.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	51.8%	31.1%	3.6%	10.6%	2.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	51.2%	31.7%	3.1%	10.2%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	50.9%	33.1%	2.3%	9.8%	3.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2018	51.4%	32.7%	0.9%	10.5%	3.7%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%
2019	49.7%	37.3%	1.0%	8.9%	1.9%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%
2020	44.6%	38.1%	6.1%	8.8%	1.5%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2021	41.8%	35.0%	11.4%	8.9%	1.8%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%
2022	42.0%	31.2%	15.3%	7.7%	3.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	38.1%	29.6%	18.7%	8.7%	4.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	38.5%	29.5%	19.8%	6.5%	4.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 56.5% and lowest in 2023 at 38.1%. Overall it fell from 53.8% in 2009 to 38.5% in 2024, down 15.3 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Harrison: its share of workers rose from 1.2% in 2009 to 19.8% in 2024, up 18.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 18.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 17.0% to 6.5% of workers (down 10.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 38.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 29.5%.

Commute Start Times in Harrison

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harrison?

The bars show when commuters in Harrison 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		0.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		19.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		11.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Harrison is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New Jersey. Early starts are less common than in New Jersey: 8.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Jersey: 52.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.4%) 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 Harrison, 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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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	Harrison	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:56 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:52 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:52 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:02 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:45 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:52 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:43 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:44 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:55 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:59 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Harrison were on the road by 7:59 AM, 29 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across New Jersey, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Harrison now leave 22 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 Harrison has moved 17 minutes later.

How does Harrison's commute time compare?

Metric	Harrison	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	36.8 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	19.8%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	29.5%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Harrison is 36.8 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

29.5% commute by public transit, higher 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

Harrison, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Harrison, NJ compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Harrison, NJ	20,334	36.8 min #3/3	19.8% #1/3	7:59 AM #3/3
Newark, NJ	309,652	30.2 min	7.3%	7:35 AM
Kearny, NJ	40,646	30.2 min	5.9%	7:42 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Harrison, New Jersey.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 307 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,504 at a typical national wage. That's 41% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

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

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Harrison, New Jersey?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 29.5% of commuters use it versus 8.1% in New Jersey, making it a realistic option for many workers.