North Bellmore Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in North Bellmore, 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 North Bellmore: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in North Bellmore spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 239 hours, about 10.0 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way.

North Bellmore 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 North Bellmore would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,969 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)
North Bellmore	28.7 min	57.5 min	239 hrs/yr	$7,423	3,725
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.

North Bellmore Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.7 minutes to get to work in North Bellmore. That's 28% 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 19.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in North Bellmore

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

Driving is 30% more common in North Bellmore than the New York average (71.7% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in North Bellmore: 16.7 times less than the New York average (0.3% vs 5.6%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in North Bellmore: just 0.3%, 19.1 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in North Bellmore, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in North Bellmore 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	Taxi	Walked	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	79.3%	2.9%	14.1%	0.2%	2.9%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	81.2%	3.1%	12.4%	0.1%	2.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	82.8%	3.6%	11.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2012	85.1%	4.6%	8.9%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2013	84.2%	4.4%	10.1%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2014	84.3%	4.8%	9.4%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	82.4%	4.0%	11.5%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2016	81.9%	3.3%	12.6%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2017	82.0%	2.3%	14.6%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2018	82.5%	2.5%	13.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2019	78.6%	3.3%	17.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.6%
2020	80.6%	5.0%	13.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	75.1%	12.3%	11.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2022	73.1%	14.5%	11.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2023	71.9%	16.3%	10.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	71.7%	19.2%	8.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	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 2012 at 85.1%. Overall it fell from 79.3% in 2009 to 71.7% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in North Bellmore: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 19.2% in 2024, up 16.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 14.1% to 8.1% of workers (down 6.0 percentage points).

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

Commute Start Times in North Bellmore

What Time Do People Leave for Work in North Bellmore?

The bars show when commuters in North Bellmore 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		1.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		10.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in North Bellmore is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are less common than in New York: 7.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 51.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.9%) 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 North Bellmore, 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 North Bellmore 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 North Bellmore 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	North Bellmore	New York	United States
2009	7:55 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:56 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:00 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	7:53 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:46 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:36 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:37 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:34 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:25 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:38 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in North Bellmore were on the road by 7:38 AM, 17 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:55 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in North Bellmore now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in North Bellmore has moved 10 minutes later.

How does North Bellmore's commute time compare?

Metric	North Bellmore	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.7 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	19.2%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	8.1%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in North Bellmore is about the same as in New York.

8.1% 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

North Bellmore, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
North Bellmore, NY	20,689	28.7 min #2/2	19.2% #1/2	7:38 AM #1/2
East Meadow, NY	39,652	28.4 min	14.5%	7:41 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in North Bellmore, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 239 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,423 at a typical national wage.

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

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