Commuting in Clinton County, 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 Clinton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clinton County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 137 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 43% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 12.2 minutes.
Clinton County holds about 0.4% of New York's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clinton County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,702 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)
Clinton County
16.5 min
33.0 min
137 hrs/yr
$4,256
760
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.
On average, it takes
16.5
minutes to get to work in
Clinton County.
That's 26% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in New York
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clinton County
Car:
86.3%unusually high
Worked at Home:
7.6%
Walked:
4.8%
Taxi:
0.7%
Other:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%unusually low
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Clinton County, versus 0.1% in New York.
Driving is 57% more common in Clinton County than the New York average (86.3% vs 55.0%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Clinton County: 164.4 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 21.7%).
Biking is unusually rare in Clinton County: 4.6 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.8%).
Commute Mode Trends in Clinton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clinton 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
Walked
Taxi
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
87.2%
4.5%
4.1%
0.3%
2.2%
0.4%
0.9%
0.3%
2010
88.3%
3.9%
4.0%
0.3%
2.1%
0.2%
0.9%
0.3%
2011
87.9%
3.4%
4.0%
0.8%
2.6%
0.2%
0.8%
0.3%
2012
88.8%
3.0%
4.4%
0.7%
2.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
2013
89.3%
3.0%
4.4%
0.7%
1.7%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
2014
90.1%
2.7%
4.1%
0.5%
1.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2015
89.2%
2.8%
4.7%
0.4%
1.9%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
2016
89.4%
2.5%
4.7%
0.5%
1.9%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
2017
89.6%
2.7%
4.0%
0.7%
1.7%
0.3%
0.8%
0.1%
2018
90.0%
2.7%
3.9%
0.8%
1.7%
0.2%
0.6%
0.1%
2019
91.0%
2.7%
3.6%
0.7%
1.0%
0.2%
0.7%
0.1%
2020
90.0%
4.0%
3.6%
0.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2021
89.2%
5.2%
3.9%
0.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2022
88.0%
6.4%
4.3%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
87.0%
7.2%
4.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
86.3%
7.6%
4.8%
0.7%
0.4%
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 peaked in 2019 at 91.0%. Overall it fell from 87.2% in 2009 to 86.3% in 2024, down 0.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clinton County: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Clinton County
⏰Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among New York's 62 counties: the typical start is 14 minutes earlier than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clinton County?
The bars show when commuters in Clinton 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 York for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMClinton County4.2%New York3.9%
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClinton County3.5%New York2.9%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClinton County5.7%New York3.7%
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClinton County10.7%New York7.5%
10.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClinton County13.2%New York8.1%
13.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClinton County14.4%New York13.9%
14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClinton County14.5%New York11.1%
14.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClinton County8.1%New York14.0%
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClinton County5.0%New York7.7%
5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClinton County4.1%New York9.5%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClinton County2.1%New York3.7%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClinton County0.9%New York1.7%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClinton County8.0%New York6.9%
8.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClinton County5.5%New York5.3%
5.5%
Clinton CountyNew YorkSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clinton County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 13.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 50.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.7%) 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County 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
Clinton County
New York
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:54 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:54 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:54 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:37 AM
7:55 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:36 AM
7:56 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:35 AM
7:56 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:30 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:29 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:32 AM
7:56 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:29 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:26 AM
7:57 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clinton County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Clinton County now leave 12 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 Clinton County has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Clinton County in the whole series.
How does Clinton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clinton County
New York
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.5 min
28.7 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
7.6%
15.0%
15.0%
Walked
4.8%
5.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
21.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clinton County is 16.5 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 4.8% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.
Clinton County, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clinton County, NY is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 78,493 residents against a local median of 46,696. Where Clinton County, NY breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 47% below the local median of 14.3% at 7.6%.
The counties themselves spread 13.7% on work from home, so Clinton County, NY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clinton County, NY has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clinton County, New York.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Clinton County, New York?
Commuters here spend an estimated 137 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,256 at a typical national wage. That's 43% less than the typical New York commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Clinton County, New York?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Clinton County, 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Clinton County, New York?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in New York?
Among counties in New York, the shortest average commutes are in Hamilton County (13.6 min), Chautauqua County (15.4 min), Franklin County (16.4 min). The longest are in Bronx County (43.2 min), Queens County (41.8 min), Kings County (41.6 min).