Eastchester Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Eastchester, 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 Eastchester: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Eastchester spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 236 hours, about 9.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Eastchester 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 Eastchester would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,925 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)
Eastchester	28.3 min	56.6 min	236 hrs/yr	$7,312	2,132
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.

Eastchester Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.3 minutes to get to work in Eastchester. That's 26% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 20.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Eastchester

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

Biking is unusually rare in Eastchester: 5.8 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Eastchester, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Eastchester 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	70.0%	5.7%	21.7%	2.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	70.0%	6.7%	21.8%	1.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	71.5%	6.1%	21.2%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	72.7%	6.5%	19.7%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	72.5%	5.0%	20.0%	2.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	74.2%	3.6%	19.2%	2.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	72.0%	3.7%	20.8%	3.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	69.3%	4.7%	23.0%	2.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	67.7%	5.1%	23.6%	3.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	69.0%	4.4%	23.7%	2.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	67.6%	5.4%	25.4%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	68.3%	6.4%	22.7%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	64.9%	12.5%	19.5%	2.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	63.2%	13.8%	19.3%	2.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	60.6%	17.6%	17.9%	2.7%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	56.2%	20.9%	18.0%	3.1%	1.4%	0.3%	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 2014 at 74.2%. Overall it fell from 70.0% in 2009 to 56.2% in 2024, down 13.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Eastchester: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 20.9% in 2024, up 15.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 21.7% to 18.0% of workers (down 3.7 percentage points).

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

Commute Start Times in Eastchester

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Eastchester?

The bars show when commuters in Eastchester 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		0.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		19.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		12.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		15.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		1.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Eastchester is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across New York. Early starts are less common than in New York: 6.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 50.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.5%) 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 Eastchester, 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 Eastchester 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 Eastchester 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	Eastchester	New York	United States
2009	7:56 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:51 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:52 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:52 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:50 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:50 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:55 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:57 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:57 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:56 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:55 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Eastchester were on the road by 7:55 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across New York, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Eastchester 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 Eastchester has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Eastchester's commute time compare?

Metric	Eastchester	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.3 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	09:00 AM – 09:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	20.9%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	18.0%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Eastchester is 28.3 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

18.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 3.1% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Eastchester, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Eastchester, NY	20,417	28.3 min #1/2	20.9% #1/2	7:55 AM #1/2
New Rochelle, NY	82,755	30.1 min	18.0%	8:00 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Eastchester, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 236 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,312 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Eastchester, New York. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How much money can remote workers save in Eastchester, New York?

About 20.9% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Eastchester would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,925 at the same national wage assumption used above.