Commuting in Hudson 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 Hudson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hudson County spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 273 hours, about 11.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 6.5 minutes.
Hudson County holds about 7.7% of New Jersey's population but accounts for roughly 9.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hudson County would save about 109 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,381 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)
Hudson County
32.7 min
65.4 min
273 hrs/yr
$8,453
3,921
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.
On average, it takes
32.7
minutes to get to work in
Hudson County.
That's 46% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slowest county in New Jersey
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 20.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hudson County
Car:
38.6%unusually low
Public Transportation:
31.3%unusually high
Worked at Home:
20.5%
Walked:
6.5%
Other:
1.6%
Bicycle:
0.7%
Taxi:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Driving is 45% less common in Hudson County than the New Jersey average (38.6% vs 69.9%).
Public transit is unusually common in Hudson County: 3.9 times more than the New Jersey average (31.3% vs 8.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Hudson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hudson 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
Public Transportation
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
49.1%
38.1%
2.2%
8.7%
1.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
48.5%
38.6%
2.3%
8.8%
1.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
48.0%
39.1%
2.6%
9.0%
0.9%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
47.9%
39.2%
2.7%
9.0%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
47.1%
39.9%
2.9%
8.7%
0.8%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2014
46.8%
40.4%
2.9%
8.4%
0.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
46.3%
40.9%
3.0%
8.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2016
45.7%
41.3%
3.0%
8.1%
1.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
2017
44.9%
42.3%
2.9%
7.9%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
2018
44.8%
42.0%
3.1%
8.0%
1.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
2019
44.2%
42.6%
3.3%
7.6%
1.1%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
2020
43.7%
39.4%
7.3%
7.1%
1.1%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
2021
42.2%
36.2%
12.1%
6.9%
1.1%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
2022
41.5%
33.5%
15.5%
6.9%
1.3%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
2023
40.1%
32.2%
18.3%
6.7%
1.3%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
2024
38.6%
31.3%
20.5%
6.5%
1.6%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 49.1% in 2009 to 38.6% in 2024, down 10.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 15 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hudson County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 20.5% in 2024, up 18.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 17.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 38.1% to 31.3% of workers (down 6.8 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 Hudson County
🦉Night OwlThe latest start among New Jersey's 21 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:03 AM.
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among New Jersey's 21 counties: the typical start is 10 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hudson County?
The bars show when commuters in Hudson 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
12:00-4:59 AMHudson County4.2%New Jersey3.9%
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHudson County3.0%New Jersey3.1%
3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHudson County3.5%New Jersey3.9%
3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHudson County6.8%New Jersey8.0%
6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHudson County6.2%New Jersey8.9%
6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHudson County14.0%New Jersey14.2%
14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHudson County10.2%New Jersey11.8%
10.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHudson County19.9%New Jersey14.0%
19.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHudson County8.0%New Jersey7.6%
8.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHudson County8.8%New Jersey8.1%
8.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHudson County3.6%New Jersey3.2%
3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHudson County1.6%New Jersey1.5%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHudson County6.2%New Jersey6.3%
6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHudson County4.0%New Jersey5.4%
4.0%
Hudson CountyNew JerseySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hudson County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New Jersey. Early starts are about as common as in New Jersey: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush looks much like New Jersey's: 50.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.2%) 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 Hudson 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 Hudson 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 Hudson 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
Hudson County
New Jersey
United States
2009
7:53 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:55 AM
7:49 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:58 AM
7:49 AM
7:38 AM
2012
8:00 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2013
8:01 AM
7:51 AM
7:39 AM
2014
8:03 AM
7:51 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:02 AM
7:51 AM
7:38 AM
2016
8:01 AM
7:51 AM
7:38 AM
2017
8:02 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2018
8:01 AM
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:02 AM
7:49 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:02 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
8:04 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2024
8:03 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hudson County were on the road by 8:03 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:53 AM). The shift is sharper than across New Jersey, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Hudson County now leave 25 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 Hudson County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Hudson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hudson County
New Jersey
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
32.7 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
20.5%
16.8%
15.0%
Walked
6.5%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
31.3%
8.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hudson County is 32.7 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.
31.3% 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.
Hudson County, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hudson County, NJ is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 717,070 residents against a local median of 960,507. Hudson County, NJ sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 11% above the local median at 20.5% against 18.5%. Hudson County, NJ has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hudson County, New Jersey.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Hudson County, New Jersey?
Commuters here spend an estimated 273 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,453 at a typical national wage. That's 25% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Hudson County, New Jersey?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Hudson County, 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.
Do people use public transit in Hudson County, New Jersey?
Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 31.3% of commuters use it versus 8.1% in New Jersey, making it a realistic option for many workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in New Jersey?
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).