Commuting in Passaic 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 Passaic County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Passaic County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 3.7 minutes.
Passaic County holds about 5.6% of New Jersey's population but accounts for roughly 4.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Passaic County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,325 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)
Passaic County
22.5 min
45.0 min
188 hrs/yr
$5,813
2,528
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
22.5
minutes to get to work in
Passaic County.
That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in New Jersey
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Passaic County
Car:
76.5%
Worked at Home:
11.5%
Public Transportation:
6.4%
Walked:
4.0%
Other:
0.8%
Taxi:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Passaic County: 14.1 times less than the New Jersey average (0.0% vs 0.0%).
Commute Mode Trends in Passaic County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Passaic 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
Worked at Home
Public Transportation
Walked
Other
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
80.0%
2.2%
8.9%
4.2%
4.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
80.3%
2.3%
8.9%
3.7%
4.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
80.9%
2.3%
8.9%
3.6%
4.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
82.3%
2.2%
8.7%
3.4%
3.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
82.3%
2.4%
9.1%
3.3%
2.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
82.4%
2.7%
9.3%
3.1%
2.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
82.5%
2.9%
9.3%
3.2%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
82.5%
3.0%
9.3%
3.3%
1.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2017
82.3%
3.2%
9.1%
3.5%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
82.9%
3.3%
8.6%
3.4%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2019
83.0%
3.3%
8.5%
3.7%
1.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
82.1%
5.1%
7.8%
3.7%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
80.9%
7.1%
6.9%
3.8%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
79.0%
8.6%
7.0%
4.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
77.3%
10.3%
7.0%
3.9%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
76.5%
11.5%
6.4%
4.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 83.0%. Overall it fell from 80.0% in 2009 to 76.5% in 2024, down 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Passaic County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 11.5% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.9% to 6.4% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Passaic County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Passaic County?
The bars show when commuters in Passaic 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 AMPassaic County3.4%New Jersey3.9%
3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPassaic County2.7%New Jersey3.1%
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPassaic County3.4%New Jersey3.9%
3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPassaic County8.9%New Jersey8.0%
8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPassaic County12.1%New Jersey8.9%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPassaic County15.1%New Jersey14.2%
15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPassaic County12.2%New Jersey11.8%
12.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPassaic County11.5%New Jersey14.0%
11.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPassaic County7.6%New Jersey7.6%
7.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPassaic County7.9%New Jersey8.1%
7.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPassaic County3.2%New Jersey3.2%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPassaic County1.3%New Jersey1.5%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPassaic County5.9%New Jersey6.3%
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPassaic County4.9%New Jersey5.4%
4.9%
Passaic CountyNew JerseySource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Passaic County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across New Jersey. Early starts are less common than in New Jersey: 9.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Jersey: 51.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.1%) 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 Passaic 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 Passaic 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 Passaic 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
Passaic County
New Jersey
United States
2009
7:41 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:41 AM
7:49 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:49 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:44 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:45 AM
7:51 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:45 AM
7:51 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 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
7:37 AM
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:39 AM
7:49 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:43 AM
7:49 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:43 AM
7:49 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:44 AM
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:45 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:41 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Passaic County were on the road by 7:41 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across New Jersey, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Passaic County now leave 3 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 Passaic County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Passaic County's commute time compare?
Metric
Passaic County
New Jersey
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.5%
16.8%
15.0%
Walked
4.0%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
6.4%
8.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Passaic County is 22.5 minutes, shorter than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.
6.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 4.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in New Jersey.
Passaic County, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Passaic County, NJ is typical in size for this group, 520,457 residents against a local median of 514,287, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Passaic County, NJ apart most is work from home: 11.5%, 28% below the local median of 16.1%.
The counties themselves spread 9.0% on work from home, so Passaic County, NJ sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Passaic County, NJ has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Passaic County, New Jersey.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Passaic County, New Jersey?
Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,813 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Passaic County, New Jersey?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Passaic County, New Jersey. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in New Jersey have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).