Auburn Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Auburn, New York: 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 Auburn: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Auburn spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 112 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 15.2 minutes.

Auburn holds about 0.1% of New York's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Auburn would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,391 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)
Auburn	13.5 min	26.9 min	112 hrs/yr	$3,478	1,124
New York	28.7 min	57.4 min	239 hrs/yr	$7,414	1,586
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.

Auburn Commute Map

On average, it takes 13.5 minutes to get to work in Auburn. That's 40% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Auburn

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Auburn, versus 0.1% in New York.

Driving is 57% more common in Auburn than the New York average (86.2% vs 55.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Auburn: 36.9 times less than the New York average (0.6% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Auburn: 7.5 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Biking is unusually rare in Auburn: 7.0 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Auburn, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Auburn 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	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	88.9%	2.1%	4.8%	0.9%	2.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	87.7%	1.8%	5.7%	0.7%	3.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%
2011	87.6%	2.1%	5.6%	1.0%	2.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	87.6%	2.8%	5.2%	0.9%	2.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	86.5%	2.9%	5.7%	1.3%	3.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	87.0%	2.6%	5.9%	1.1%	3.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	85.1%	4.0%	6.5%	1.4%	2.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2016	85.3%	2.9%	7.2%	1.1%	2.9%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	85.0%	2.1%	8.1%	1.3%	2.8%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	86.4%	2.1%	7.7%	1.2%	2.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	84.3%	2.8%	8.1%	1.7%	2.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	88.9%	1.8%	5.1%	1.6%	1.9%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2021	86.8%	3.2%	4.6%	2.5%	2.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%
2022	88.0%	3.4%	4.6%	2.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	88.1%	3.8%	4.5%	2.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	86.2%	5.7%	5.0%	2.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2019 at 84.3%. Overall it fell from 88.9% in 2009 to 86.2% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Auburn: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 5.7% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 0.6% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 8.1% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 5.0%.

Commute Start Times in Auburn

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Auburn?

The bars show when commuters in Auburn 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 York for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		16.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		12.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.0%

Auburn New York Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Auburn is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.1% across New York. Early starts are about as common as in New York: 10.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 52.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.2%) 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 Auburn, 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 Auburn 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 Auburn next to New York 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	Auburn	New York	United States
2009	7:49 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:52 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:47 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:44 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:49 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:57 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:00 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:05 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:01 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:53 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:34 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:36 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Auburn were on the road by 7:36 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:49 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Auburn now leave 1 minute 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 Auburn has moved 16 minutes earlier.

How does Auburn's commute time compare?

Metric	Auburn	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.5 min	28.7 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.7%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	5.0%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Auburn is 13.5 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 5.0% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Auburn, New York.

Is living in Auburn, New York good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 112 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,478 at a typical national wage. That's 53% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Auburn, New York?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Auburn, New York. 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.

How common is public transit use in Auburn, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.6% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.