Copiague Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Copiague, 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 Copiague: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Copiague spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.

Copiague 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 Copiague would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,430 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)
Copiague	23.5 min	47.0 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,075	6,257
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.

Copiague Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in Copiague. That's 5% 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 8.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Copiague

Driving is 45% more common in Copiague than the New York average (79.9% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in Copiague: 3.3 times less than the New York average (1.7% vs 5.6%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Copiague: 3.5 times less than the New York average (6.1% vs 21.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Copiague, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Copiague 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	85.9%	3.3%	7.9%	1.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2010	84.9%	4.3%	7.4%	1.2%	1.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2011	81.8%	4.5%	8.4%	1.2%	2.0%	0.5%	1.7%	0.1%
2012	82.4%	4.9%	7.2%	1.3%	2.2%	0.3%	1.7%	0.1%
2013	83.8%	3.1%	6.7%	2.0%	2.3%	0.1%	2.0%	0.1%
2014	84.1%	2.8%	5.8%	1.8%	3.4%	0.1%	1.9%	0.1%
2015	82.3%	2.1%	7.5%	2.9%	3.4%	0.1%	1.6%	0.1%
2016	83.4%	2.1%	8.1%	3.1%	2.8%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2017	84.6%	1.5%	8.5%	2.4%	2.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	86.0%	1.1%	7.3%	2.3%	2.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	85.3%	1.0%	7.9%	2.3%	2.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	85.8%	3.0%	6.2%	1.7%	1.9%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	85.6%	5.8%	5.0%	1.3%	1.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	81.2%	6.3%	6.2%	2.9%	1.2%	1.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	77.8%	8.8%	7.2%	2.7%	1.4%	0.9%	1.2%	0.2%
2024	79.9%	8.6%	6.1%	1.7%	1.6%	1.1%	0.9%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 86.0% and lowest in 2023 at 77.8%. Overall it fell from 85.9% in 2009 to 79.9% in 2024, down 6.0 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Copiague: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.9% to 6.1% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Taking a taxi peaked at 3.4% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in Copiague

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Copiague?

The bars show when commuters in Copiague 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		4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		16.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Copiague is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 16.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New York. Early starts are about as common as in New York: 11.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush looks much like New York's: 49.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.9%) 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 Copiague, 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 Copiague 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 Copiague 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	Copiague	New York	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:37 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:48 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:54 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:44 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:39 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:35 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:38 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:39 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:54 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Copiague were on the road by 7:54 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:41 AM). The shift is sharper than across New York, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Copiague now leave 17 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 Copiague has moved 20 minutes later.

How does Copiague's commute time compare?

Metric	Copiague	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 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	8.6%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.7%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.1%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Copiague is 23.5 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

6.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Copiague, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Copiague, NY	23,416	23.5 min #1/2	8.6% #2/2	7:54 AM #2/2
Lindenhurst, NY	27,103	27.5 min	10.3%	7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Copiague, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,075 at a typical national wage. That's 18% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Copiague, 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 Copiague, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 6.1% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.