Newburgh Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Newburgh, 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 Newburgh: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Newburgh spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 177 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 7.4 minutes.

Newburgh 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 Newburgh would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,200 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)
Newburgh	21.3 min	42.6 min	177 hrs/yr	$5,499	2,816
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.

Newburgh Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.3 minutes to get to work in Newburgh. That's 5% shorter 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 8.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Newburgh

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

Driving is 27% more common in Newburgh than the New York average (69.7% vs 55.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Newburgh: 4.3 times less than the New York average (5.1% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Newburgh: 10.1 times more than the New York average (7.5% vs 0.7%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Newburgh, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Newburgh 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	Taxi	Walked	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	71.0%	3.1%	10.7%	8.0%	4.6%	1.9%	0.0%	0.7%
2010	74.5%	2.9%	8.2%	8.6%	4.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.9%
2011	71.6%	3.8%	8.9%	9.0%	5.0%	0.7%	0.0%	1.0%
2012	72.2%	3.4%	9.0%	9.8%	4.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.6%
2013	72.5%	3.1%	8.3%	9.4%	4.8%	0.9%	0.4%	0.6%
2014	72.6%	2.8%	6.4%	9.7%	6.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.8%
2015	71.2%	2.8%	7.6%	9.6%	6.5%	1.0%	0.3%	0.9%
2016	72.7%	2.5%	6.9%	8.4%	7.1%	1.6%	0.4%	0.4%
2017	71.9%	2.5%	5.0%	9.5%	7.9%	2.3%	0.6%	0.4%
2018	71.3%	2.7%	5.5%	10.6%	7.3%	2.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2019	72.1%	3.5%	4.6%	10.5%	6.7%	2.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	72.6%	3.6%	4.1%	10.0%	7.3%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	72.5%	5.1%	4.5%	10.0%	6.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	73.9%	6.7%	5.5%	8.2%	5.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	70.3%	9.1%	5.7%	9.3%	4.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	69.7%	8.8%	7.5%	7.5%	5.1%	1.4%	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 2010 at 74.5%. Overall it fell from 71.0% in 2009 to 69.7% in 2024, down 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Newburgh: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 8.8% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 10.7% to 7.5% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook taking a taxi to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 10.6% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 7.5%.

Commute Start Times in Newburgh

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Newburgh?

The bars show when commuters in Newburgh 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		5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		6.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		8.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Newburgh is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across New York. Early starts are about as common as in New York: 11.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New York: 40.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (36.6%) 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 Newburgh, 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 Newburgh 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 Newburgh 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	Newburgh	New York	United States
2009	7:53 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:52 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:44 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:29 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:46 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:48 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:58 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:46 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:57 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:52 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:01 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:01 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:14 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Newburgh were on the road by 8:14 AM, 21 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 Newburgh now leave 36 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 Newburgh has moved 28 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Newburgh in the whole series.

How does Newburgh's commute time compare?

Metric	Newburgh	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.3 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	8.8%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	7.5%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	5.1%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Newburgh is 21.3 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

5.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 7.5% commute by walking, higher than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Newburgh, New York.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Newburgh, New York?

Commuters here spend an estimated 177 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,499 at a typical national wage. That's 26% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Newburgh, New York?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Newburgh, 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 Newburgh, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 5.1% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.