Secaucus Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Secaucus, 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 Secaucus: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Secaucus spend about 66 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 275 hours, about 11.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 6.8 minutes.

Secaucus 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 Secaucus would save about 110 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,413 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)
Secaucus	33.0 min	66.1 min	275 hrs/yr	$8,533	3,804
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.

Secaucus Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.0 minutes to get to work in Secaucus. That's 47% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Secaucus

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Secaucus, versus 0.0% in New Jersey.

Driving is 25% less common in Secaucus than the New Jersey average (52.2% vs 69.9%).

Biking is essentially absent in Secaucus, versus 0.3% in New Jersey.

Commute Mode Trends in Secaucus, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Secaucus 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	Taxi	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	73.2%	1.5%	19.2%	4.3%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	73.6%	1.9%	19.8%	3.9%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	72.5%	2.4%	19.6%	5.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	68.8%	3.6%	23.1%	3.5%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	68.0%	4.1%	23.9%	3.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	65.3%	3.0%	26.0%	4.4%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	63.9%	2.9%	26.8%	5.1%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	61.6%	3.8%	29.1%	4.4%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	61.5%	3.0%	29.4%	5.4%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	58.5%	3.1%	30.3%	6.3%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	60.8%	3.7%	29.9%	4.1%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	56.3%	13.1%	26.1%	3.2%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	55.4%	18.7%	22.3%	2.3%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	53.9%	21.0%	21.7%	2.1%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	57.2%	22.9%	16.9%	2.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	52.2%	24.8%	19.4%	2.2%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 73.6%. Overall it fell from 73.2% in 2009 to 52.2% in 2024, down 21.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Secaucus: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 24.8% in 2024, up 23.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 21.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.3% to 2.2% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 30.3% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 19.4%.

Commute Start Times in Secaucus

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Secaucus?

The bars show when commuters in Secaucus 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		3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		16.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		18.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		1.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Secaucus is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 18.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New Jersey. Early starts are less common than in New Jersey: 8.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Jersey: 54.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.8%) 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 Secaucus, 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 Secaucus 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 Secaucus 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	Secaucus	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:58 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:00 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:02 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:03 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:06 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:04 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:07 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:06 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:01 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:02 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:04 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:03 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:58 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:01 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:07 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:57 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Secaucus were on the road by 7:57 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:58 AM). That goes against the trend across New Jersey, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Secaucus now leave 19 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 Secaucus has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Secaucus in the whole series.

How does Secaucus's commute time compare?

Metric	Secaucus	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.0 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	24.8%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	19.4%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Secaucus is 33.0 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

19.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 2.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Secaucus, NJ Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Secaucus, NJ	21,687	33.0 min #2/3	24.8% #2/3	7:57 AM #1/3
Union City, NJ	66,416	31.5 min	7.9%	8:00 AM
Hoboken, NJ	58,199	40.4 min	36.7%	8:05 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Secaucus, New Jersey.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Secaucus, New Jersey?

Commuters here spend an estimated 275 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,533 at a typical national wage. That's 26% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Secaucus, New Jersey?

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

How much time do residents in Secaucus, New Jersey save by working from home?

About 24.8% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Secaucus would save about 110 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,413 at the same national wage assumption used above.