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Commuting in Lewis County, 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 Lewis County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lewis County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 153 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 36% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 10.3 minutes.

Lewis County 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 Lewis County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,898 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)
Lewis County 18.4 min 36.7 min 153 hrs/yr $4,745 481
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.

Commute Time Map: New York Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in New York
  1. Hamilton County (13.6 min)
  2. Chautauqua County (15.4 min)
  3. Franklin County (16.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in New York
  1. Bronx County (43.2 min)
  2. Queens County (41.8 min)
  3. Kings County (41.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Lewis County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.4 minutes to get to work in Lewis County. That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lewis County

  • Car: 85.3% unusually high
  • Worked at Home: 7.5%
  • Walked: 4.8%
  • Public Transportation: 1.1% unusually low
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Bicycle: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Driving is 55% more common in Lewis County than the New York average (85.3% vs 55.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Lewis County: 19.1 times less than the New York average (1.1% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Lewis County: 146025.3 times less than the New York average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Biking is unusually rare in Lewis County: 4.8 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lewis County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lewis County 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 Walked Public Transportation Other Bicycle Motorcycle Taxi
2009 88.5% 4.4% 5.8% 0.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2010 89.2% 4.7% 5.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2011 89.0% 4.7% 5.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2012 90.4% 4.0% 4.6% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2013 89.4% 4.1% 5.5% 0.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 89.8% 3.9% 5.2% 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 88.6% 4.2% 5.9% 0.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 88.4% 4.6% 5.6% 0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 88.5% 4.7% 5.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2018 89.0% 4.9% 4.8% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2019 88.4% 5.3% 5.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2020 88.7% 5.0% 4.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 88.3% 5.7% 4.2% 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2022 86.8% 7.1% 3.6% 1.1% 1.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 85.6% 7.6% 4.6% 1.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 85.3% 7.5% 4.8% 1.1% 1.0% 0.2% 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 2012 at 90.4%. Overall it fell from 88.5% in 2009 to 85.3% in 2024, down 3.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lewis County: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.8% to 4.8% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lewis County

  • Early BirdThe earliest start among New York's 62 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:14 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among New York's 62 counties: 21.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lewis County?

The bars show when commuters in Lewis County 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
8.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lewis County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 21.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush looks much like New York's: 46.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.4%) 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 Lewis County, 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 Lewis County 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 Lewis County 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 Lewis County New York United States
2009 7:16 AM 7:54 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:12 AM 7:54 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:13 AM 7:54 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:15 AM 7:55 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:13 AM 7:56 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:11 AM 7:56 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:11 AM 7:56 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:08 AM 7:56 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:08 AM 7:56 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:11 AM 7:55 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:14 AM 7:55 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:16 AM 7:55 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:16 AM 7:55 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:14 AM 7:56 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:56 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:14 AM 7:57 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lewis County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:16 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Lewis County now leave 24 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lewis County's commute time compare?

Metric Lewis County New York US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.4 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.5% 15.0% 15.0%
Walked 4.8% 5.6% 2.4%
Public Transit 1.1% 21.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lewis County is 18.4 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

1.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 4.8% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lewis County, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lewis County, NY is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 26,603 residents against a local median of 115,039. Lewis County, NY sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 10% below the local median at 7.5% against 8.3%. Lewis County, NY has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Lewis County, NY 26,603 18.4 min #4/6 7.5% #5/6 7:14 AM #1/6
Oneida County, NY 229,092 17.1 min 10.8% 7:45 AM
Herkimer County, NY 58,430 21.7 min 9.9% 7:26 AM
Jefferson County, NY 115,039 16.7 min 7.7% 7:17 AM
St. Lawrence County, NY 100,889 16.9 min 6.9% 7:31 AM
Oswego County, NY 117,951 22.6 min 8.3% 7:16 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lewis County, New York.

Is commuting expensive in Lewis County, New York?

Commuters here spend an estimated 153 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,745 at a typical national wage. That's 36% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Lewis County, New York?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lewis County, New York. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Lewis County, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.1% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in New York have the fastest and slowest commutes?

Among counties in New York, the shortest average commutes are in Hamilton County (13.6 min), Chautauqua County (15.4 min), Franklin County (16.4 min). The longest are in Bronx County (43.2 min), Queens County (41.8 min), Kings County (41.6 min).