New City Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in New City, 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 New City: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in New City spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 253 hours, about 10.5 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 1.6 minutes.

New City 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 New City would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,132 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)
New City	30.3 min	60.6 min	253 hrs/yr	$7,830	4,090
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.

New City Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.3 minutes to get to work in New City. That's 35% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in New City

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

Driving is 36% more common in New City than the New York average (75.0% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in New City: 5.6 times less than the New York average (1.0% vs 5.6%).

Public transit is unusually rare in New City: 3.5 times less than the New York average (6.2% vs 21.7%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in New City: just 1.0%, 6.4 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in New City, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in New City 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	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	86.6%	4.3%	7.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	85.8%	4.6%	7.8%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	86.8%	4.7%	6.5%	1.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	86.9%	4.1%	7.0%	1.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	86.8%	4.2%	6.8%	0.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	86.8%	4.2%	7.0%	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.3%	4.4%	6.7%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	86.1%	4.4%	7.7%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	85.2%	4.8%	8.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	85.6%	4.2%	8.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	85.9%	5.2%	7.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	82.9%	8.9%	7.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	80.9%	11.6%	6.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	79.8%	14.2%	5.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	76.5%	16.6%	5.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	75.0%	17.1%	6.2%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2015 at 87.3%. Overall it fell from 86.6% in 2009 to 75.0% in 2024, down 11.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in New City: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 17.1% in 2024, up 12.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.4% to 6.2% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in New City

What Time Do People Leave for Work in New City?

The bars show when commuters in New City 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		3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in New City is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 49.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.1%) 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 New City, 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 New City 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 New City 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	New City	New York	United States
2009	7:49 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:51 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:49 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:49 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:54 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:51 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:52 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:50 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:54 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:45 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in New City were on the road by 7:44 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:49 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in New City now leave 6 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 New City has moved 9 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for New City in the whole series.

How does New City's commute time compare?

Metric	New City	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.3 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	17.1%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.2%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in New City is 30.3 minutes, longer than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

6.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in New City, New York.

Is living in New City, New York good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 253 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,830 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical New York commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in New City, New York?

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

How common is public transit use in New City, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 6.2% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.