Freeport Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Freeport, 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 Freeport: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Freeport spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 254 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.

Freeport 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 Freeport would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,154 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)
Freeport	30.5 min	61.0 min	254 hrs/yr	$7,884	3,891
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.

Freeport Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.5 minutes to get to work in Freeport. That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 10.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Freeport

Driving is 34% more common in Freeport than the New York average (73.5% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in Freeport: 3.7 times less than the New York average (1.5% vs 5.6%).

Biking is unusually rare in Freeport: 9.9 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Freeport: just 1.6%, 4.0 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Freeport, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Freeport 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	Public Transportation	Worked at Home	Taxi	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	76.5%	16.0%	1.7%	0.6%	4.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	75.2%	17.0%	1.4%	0.1%	4.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.7%
2011	76.0%	16.8%	1.3%	0.4%	4.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.7%
2012	75.9%	16.0%	1.4%	0.7%	4.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.8%
2013	75.6%	15.2%	1.9%	0.7%	5.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	75.9%	14.6%	2.1%	0.6%	5.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%
2015	76.2%	14.3%	2.4%	0.8%	5.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	76.1%	13.7%	2.9%	0.6%	6.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	76.9%	13.4%	3.5%	0.1%	5.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	76.2%	14.7%	3.8%	0.1%	4.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	76.4%	13.5%	4.3%	0.2%	5.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	80.2%	10.1%	5.1%	0.2%	4.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	78.2%	10.6%	7.2%	0.6%	3.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	76.7%	10.5%	7.7%	1.5%	3.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	76.5%	9.7%	8.5%	1.5%	2.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	73.5%	11.7%	10.2%	1.6%	1.5%	1.3%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 80.2%. Overall it fell from 76.5% in 2009 to 73.5% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Freeport: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 10.2% in 2024, up 8.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 16.0% to 11.7% of workers (down 4.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 6.1% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 1.5%.

Commute Start Times in Freeport

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Freeport?

The bars show when commuters in Freeport 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		4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Freeport is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 13.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 49.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.3%) 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 Freeport, 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 Freeport 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 Freeport 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	Freeport	New York	United States
2009	7:52 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:50 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:48 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:49 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:51 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:50 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:55 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:55 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:58 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:52 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:35 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:37 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Freeport were on the road by 7:37 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:52 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Freeport 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 Freeport has moved 19 minutes earlier.

How does Freeport's commute time compare?

Metric	Freeport	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.5 min	28.7 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.2%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	11.7%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Freeport is 30.5 minutes, longer than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

11.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Freeport, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Freeport, NY compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Freeport, NY	44,694	30.5 min #1/3	10.2% #3/3	7:37 AM #1/3
Baldwin, NY	34,996	33.1 min	10.8%	7:43 AM
Merrick, NY	21,138	31.6 min	24.3%	7:59 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Freeport, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 254 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,884 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Freeport, New York. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.