Old Bridge Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Old Bridge, 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 Old Bridge: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Old Bridge spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 262 hours, about 10.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.3 minutes.

Old Bridge 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 Old Bridge would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,251 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)
Old Bridge	31.5 min	62.9 min	262 hrs/yr	$8,127	2,472
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.

Old Bridge Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.5 minutes to get to work in Old Bridge. That's 40% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Old Bridge

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Old Bridge: 4.2 times more than the New Jersey average (0.1% vs 0.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in Old Bridge: 4.8 times less than the New Jersey average (0.5% vs 2.6%).

Biking is unusually rare in Old Bridge: 10.5 times less than the New Jersey average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Old Bridge: just 0.6%, 5.1 times below the New Jersey average of 2.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Old Bridge, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Old Bridge 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	Other	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	81.9%	4.0%	12.8%	0.2%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	82.7%	4.2%	11.9%	0.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	82.3%	4.9%	11.3%	0.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	82.3%	5.3%	11.3%	0.2%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	82.7%	5.8%	9.9%	0.4%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	82.7%	6.6%	9.0%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	81.3%	6.2%	9.6%	0.9%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	82.5%	6.0%	8.9%	0.9%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	82.4%	6.2%	9.0%	0.9%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	82.2%	5.4%	10.4%	0.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	81.5%	5.0%	11.2%	0.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	82.1%	6.8%	9.8%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	79.4%	9.0%	9.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	77.7%	11.1%	9.7%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	77.3%	12.5%	7.9%	0.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	79.0%	12.9%	6.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 82.7% and lowest in 2023 at 77.3%. Overall it fell from 81.9% in 2009 to 79.0% in 2024, down 2.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Old Bridge: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 12.9% in 2024, up 8.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 12.8% to 6.5% of workers (down 6.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Old Bridge

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Old Bridge?

The bars show when commuters in Old Bridge 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		6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Old Bridge is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New Jersey. Early starts are more common than in New Jersey: 16.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New Jersey: 47.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.9%) 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 Old Bridge, 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 Old Bridge 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 Old Bridge 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	Old Bridge	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:45 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:38 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:38 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:43 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:43 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:39 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:35 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:31 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:31 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:32 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Old Bridge were on the road by 7:32 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). New Jersey followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Old Bridge now leave 6 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Old Bridge has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Old Bridge's commute time compare?

Metric	Old Bridge	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.5 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.9%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.5%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Old Bridge is 31.5 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

6.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Old Bridge, New Jersey.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 262 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,127 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Old Bridge, New Jersey. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.