Mineola Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Mineola, 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 Mineola: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mineola spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 221 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

Mineola 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 Mineola would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,744 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)
Mineola	26.6 min	53.1 min	221 hrs/yr	$6,859	4,355
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.

Mineola Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.6 minutes to get to work in Mineola. That's 18% 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 working from home. About 18.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mineola

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Mineola: 3.5 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.7%).

Biking is unusually rare in Mineola: 7.8 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Mineola, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mineola 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	73.9%	1.4%	20.2%	4.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2010	75.4%	0.2%	17.8%	5.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2011	74.9%	1.1%	17.4%	5.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2012	77.4%	0.9%	15.3%	5.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2013	77.0%	1.7%	15.4%	5.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2014	74.6%	1.8%	14.3%	8.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2015	75.5%	1.8%	14.3%	7.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2016	77.5%	1.3%	13.7%	6.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	1.2%
2017	77.2%	1.4%	13.8%	6.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%
2018	78.7%	1.3%	12.3%	6.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%
2019	77.5%	1.7%	15.4%	4.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2020	72.5%	5.5%	15.9%	5.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.9%
2021	68.1%	10.6%	15.1%	5.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
2022	67.8%	12.3%	14.9%	4.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2023	63.4%	15.8%	16.2%	4.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	64.2%	18.6%	13.7%	3.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 78.7% and lowest in 2023 at 63.4%. Overall it fell from 73.9% in 2009 to 64.2% in 2024, down 9.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mineola: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 18.6% in 2024, up 17.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 20.2% to 13.7% of workers (down 6.5 percentage points).

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

Walking peaked at 8.6% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 3.2%.

Commute Start Times in Mineola

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mineola?

The bars show when commuters in Mineola 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		1.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		0.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		6.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Mineola is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are less common than in New York: 6.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 50.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.2%) 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 Mineola, 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 Mineola 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 Mineola 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	Mineola	New York	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:49 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:51 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:50 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:55 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:04 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:03 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:56 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:46 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:44 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:38 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:50 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mineola were on the road by 7:50 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:45 AM). New York followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Mineola now leave 13 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 Mineola has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Mineola's commute time compare?

Metric	Mineola	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.6 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	18.6%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	3.2%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	13.7%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Mineola is 26.6 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

13.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 3.2% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Mineola, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Mineola, NY	21,174	26.6 min #1/2	18.6% #2/2	7:50 AM #1/2
Garden City, NY	23,057	30.9 min	27.6%	7:55 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mineola, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 221 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,859 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mineola, 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.