Kiryas Joel Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Kiryas Joel: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kiryas Joel spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 112 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 15.3 minutes.

Kiryas Joel holds about 0.2% of New York's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Kiryas Joel would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,389 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)
Kiryas Joel	13.4 min	26.9 min	112 hrs/yr	$3,472	3,462
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.

Kiryas Joel Commute Map

On average, it takes 13.4 minutes to get to work in Kiryas Joel. That's 40% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 13.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kiryas Joel

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

Walking is unusually common in Kiryas Joel: 4.7 times more than the New York average (26.5% vs 5.6%).

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

Kiryas Joel stands out for active commuting: 26.5% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.1 times the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Kiryas Joel, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kiryas Joel 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	Walked	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Taxi	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	38.4%	28.1%	5.4%	22.7%	0.0%	5.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	43.2%	26.3%	5.6%	23.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	44.6%	28.6%	6.2%	18.6%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	43.9%	31.0%	5.0%	18.3%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	44.3%	31.7%	4.1%	17.2%	2.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	44.3%	28.5%	5.3%	18.7%	2.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	44.6%	28.8%	5.6%	19.0%	1.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	45.1%	27.8%	5.9%	19.1%	1.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	44.6%	27.5%	6.4%	19.0%	2.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	45.2%	24.8%	7.2%	20.5%	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	46.4%	23.4%	7.6%	20.5%	1.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	50.2%	22.2%	9.8%	15.7%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	50.4%	22.4%	11.2%	13.7%	1.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	51.7%	21.0%	12.3%	12.4%	1.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	51.5%	20.8%	14.3%	10.2%	2.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	46.2%	26.5%	13.8%	10.7%	2.1%	0.7%	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 2022 at 51.7%. Overall it rose from 38.4% in 2009 to 46.2% in 2024, up 7.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kiryas Joel: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 13.8% in 2024, up 8.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 22.7% to 10.7% of workers (down 12.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 31.7% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 26.5%.

Commute Start Times in Kiryas Joel

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kiryas Joel?

The bars show when commuters in Kiryas Joel 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		0.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		1.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		1.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		2.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		3.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		11.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		36.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		11.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Kiryas Joel is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 36.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.5% across New York. Early starts are less common than in New York: 4.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New York: 23.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 2 commuters (58.5%) 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 Kiryas Joel, 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 Kiryas Joel 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 Kiryas Joel 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	Kiryas Joel	New York	United States
2009	8:48 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:44 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:52 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:53 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:45 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:51 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:57 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:58 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	9:01 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:55 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:57 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	9:00 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	9:08 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	9:11 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	9:14 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Kiryas Joel were on the road by 9:14 AM, 26 minutes later than in 2009 (8:48 AM). The shift is sharper than across New York, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Kiryas Joel now leave 96 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 Kiryas Joel has moved 19 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Kiryas Joel in the whole series.

How does Kiryas Joel's commute time compare?

Metric	Kiryas Joel	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.4 min	28.7 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	09:00 AM – 09:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:30 AM – 08:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	13.8%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	26.5%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	10.7%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Kiryas Joel is 13.4 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

10.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 26.5% commute by walking, higher than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Kiryas Joel, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 112 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,472 at a typical national wage. That's 53% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in Kiryas Joel, New York. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.