Merrick Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Merrick, 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 Merrick: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Merrick spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 263 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.

Merrick 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 Merrick would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,266 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)
Merrick	31.6 min	63.2 min	263 hrs/yr	$8,165	3,814
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.

Merrick Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.6 minutes to get to work in Merrick. That's 41% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Merrick

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

Walking is unusually rare in Merrick: 16.5 times less than the New York average (0.3% vs 5.6%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Merrick, versus 0.7% in New York.

Biking is unusually rare in Merrick: 3.9 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Merrick: just 0.6%, 11.7 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Merrick, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Merrick 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	Other	Walked	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	73.9%	3.9%	20.1%	0.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	74.1%	3.4%	20.9%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	77.1%	3.3%	18.3%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	75.1%	3.5%	20.1%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	74.7%	3.2%	19.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2014	75.6%	3.5%	17.9%	0.8%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.9%
2015	72.8%	4.0%	20.4%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	1.0%
2016	70.3%	4.7%	22.2%	0.9%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2017	69.8%	4.4%	22.9%	0.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2018	69.1%	5.3%	23.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	69.7%	5.5%	23.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	66.7%	10.7%	21.6%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	65.5%	14.2%	18.4%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	63.0%	18.6%	16.6%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	61.6%	21.3%	15.1%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	59.7%	24.3%	14.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	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 2011 at 77.1%. Overall it fell from 73.9% in 2009 to 59.7% in 2024, down 14.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Merrick: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 24.3% in 2024, up 20.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 18.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 20.1% to 14.6% of workers (down 5.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Riding a motorcycle peaked at 1.0% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Merrick

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Merrick?

The bars show when commuters in Merrick 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		0.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		16.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		13.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Merrick is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 16.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New York. Early starts are less common than in New York: 5.3% 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 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 Merrick, 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 Merrick 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 Merrick 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	Merrick	New York	United States
2009	7:53 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:54 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:55 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:57 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:51 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:56 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	7:53 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:58 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:00 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Merrick were on the road by 8:00 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:53 AM). The shift is sharper than across New York, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Merrick now leave 22 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 Merrick has moved 5 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Merrick in the whole series.

How does Merrick's commute time compare?

Metric	Merrick	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.6 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	08:30 AM – 08:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	24.3%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	14.6%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Merrick is 31.6 minutes, longer than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

14.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Merrick, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Merrick, NY	21,138	31.6 min #3/3	24.3% #1/3	7:59 AM #3/3
Freeport, NY	44,694	30.5 min	10.2%	7:37 AM
North Bellmore, NY	20,689	28.7 min	19.2%	7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Merrick, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 263 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,165 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Merrick, 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.

Is Merrick, New York a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 24.3% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Merrick would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,266 at the same national wage assumption used above.