Westfield Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Westfield, 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 Westfield: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Westfield spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 259 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the New Jersey average of 26.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

Westfield holds about 0.3% of New Jersey's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Westfield would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,209 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)
Westfield	31.1 min	62.1 min	259 hrs/yr	$8,022	3,248
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.

Westfield Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.1 minutes to get to work in Westfield. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 34.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Westfield

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

Driving is 26% less common in Westfield than the New Jersey average (51.8% vs 69.9%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Westfield: 3.2 times less than the New Jersey average (0.2% vs 0.6%).

Biking is unusually rare in Westfield: 3.1 times less than the New Jersey average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Westfield, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Westfield 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	75.4%	6.4%	14.0%	2.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2010	76.3%	5.9%	14.6%	2.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	76.5%	5.2%	14.7%	2.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2012	76.8%	5.3%	14.2%	2.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2013	74.1%	6.8%	15.3%	2.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	74.0%	7.2%	15.3%	2.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	72.2%	7.3%	16.6%	2.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2016	69.9%	7.5%	19.5%	2.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	67.2%	7.6%	22.3%	2.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	68.5%	7.0%	22.1%	1.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	67.3%	7.9%	22.1%	2.0%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	61.0%	15.8%	20.1%	2.0%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	56.2%	23.8%	16.7%	2.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	54.9%	29.2%	13.4%	1.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	51.3%	33.9%	12.3%	1.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	51.8%	34.2%	11.8%	1.0%	0.9%	0.2%	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 2012 at 76.8% and lowest in 2023 at 51.3%. Overall it fell from 75.4% in 2009 to 51.8% in 2024, down 23.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Westfield: its share of workers rose from 6.4% in 2009 to 34.2% in 2024, up 27.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 26.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 14.0% to 11.8% of workers (down 2.2 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 Westfield

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Westfield?

The bars show when commuters in Westfield 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		2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		18.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		17.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		11.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Westfield is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across New Jersey. Early starts are less common than in New Jersey: 7.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Jersey: 57.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Westfield, 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 Westfield 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 Westfield 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	Westfield	New Jersey	United States
2009	7:54 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:51 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:50 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:50 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:48 AM	7:51 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:44 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:51 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:40 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:49 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:50 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:53 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:52 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Westfield were on the road by 7:52 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:54 AM). That goes against the trend across New Jersey, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Westfield now leave 14 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 Westfield has moved 11 minutes later.

How does Westfield's commute time compare?

Metric	Westfield	New Jersey	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.1 min	26.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	34.2%	16.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	11.8%	8.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Westfield is 31.1 minutes, longer than the 26.2 minutes in New Jersey.

11.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 8.1% in New Jersey. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in New Jersey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Westfield, New Jersey.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Westfield, New Jersey?

Commuters here spend an estimated 259 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,022 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical New Jersey commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Westfield, New Jersey?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Westfield, New Jersey. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is Westfield, New Jersey a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 34.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Westfield would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,209 at the same national wage assumption used above.