Commack Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Commack, 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 Commack: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Commack spend about 55 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 227 hours, about 9.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.

Commack holds about 0.2% of New York's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Commack would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,818 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)
Commack	27.3 min	54.5 min	227 hrs/yr	$7,045	3,356
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.

Commack Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.3 minutes to get to work in Commack. That's 22% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 19.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Commack

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

Driving is 36% more common in Commack than the New York average (74.8% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in Commack: 8.3 times less than the New York average (0.7% vs 5.6%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Commack: 4.5 times less than the New York average (4.8% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Commack: 6.2 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Biking is essentially absent in Commack, versus 0.8% in New York.

Few people walk or bike to work in Commack: just 0.7%, 9.5 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Commack, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Commack 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	87.9%	4.2%	6.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	88.6%	4.1%	6.4%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	87.4%	4.1%	7.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	87.5%	4.9%	6.8%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	88.1%	4.4%	6.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	88.0%	4.0%	6.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.5%	3.9%	7.2%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	87.3%	4.3%	7.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	87.4%	3.8%	6.7%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	86.8%	4.3%	7.0%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	87.0%	4.3%	6.7%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	83.9%	7.7%	6.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	82.0%	10.2%	5.8%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	79.2%	13.7%	5.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	77.0%	16.3%	5.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	74.8%	19.1%	4.8%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	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 88.6%. Overall it fell from 87.9% in 2009 to 74.8% in 2024, down 13.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Commack: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 19.1% in 2024, up 14.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 6.8% to 4.8% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Commack

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Commack?

The bars show when commuters in Commack 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		2.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		17.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		10.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Commack is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New York. Early starts are less common than in New York: 8.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.3%) 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 Commack, 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 Commack 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 Commack 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	Commack	New York	United States
2009	8:01 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:57 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:52 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:49 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:57 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:02 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:57 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:57 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:01 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:04 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:02 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:02 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:05 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Commack were on the road by 8:05 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (8:01 AM). New York followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Commack now leave 27 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 Commack has moved 8 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Commack in the whole series.

How does Commack's commute time compare?

Metric	Commack	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.3 min	28.7 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	19.1%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.8%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Commack is 27.3 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

4.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Commack, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Commack, NY compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Commack, NY	36,447	27.3 min #1/2	19.1% #1/2	8:05 AM #2/2
Dix Hills, NY	24,816	31.1 min	18.8%	7:56 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Commack, New York.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Commack, New York?

Commuters here spend an estimated 227 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,045 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Commack, New York?

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

Do people use public transit in Commack, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 4.8% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.