Commuting in Richmond County, 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 Richmond County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Richmond County spend about 71 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 296 hours, about 12.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% more time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 6.8 minutes.
Richmond County holds about 2.5% of New York's population but accounts for roughly 3.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Richmond County would save about 118 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,673 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)
Richmond County
35.5 min
71.1 min
296 hrs/yr
$9,184
3,870
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.
On average, it takes
35.5
minutes to get to work in
Richmond County.
That's 59% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 5 slowest counties in New York
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 public transit. About 10.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Richmond County
Car:
61.6%
Public Transportation:
23.3%
Worked at Home:
10.7%
Walked:
2.8%
Other:
1.0%
Taxi:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Biking is unusually rare in Richmond County: 6.9 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.8%).
Commute Mode Trends in Richmond County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Richmond County 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
Public Transportation
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
63.0%
31.5%
2.3%
2.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
63.1%
31.1%
2.3%
2.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
63.9%
30.2%
2.2%
2.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
64.4%
29.7%
2.3%
2.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
64.1%
30.1%
2.2%
2.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
64.9%
29.2%
2.3%
2.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
64.5%
29.7%
2.4%
2.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
64.1%
30.1%
2.5%
2.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
64.0%
29.9%
2.5%
2.5%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
64.2%
29.7%
2.5%
2.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
64.0%
29.6%
2.7%
2.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
63.6%
28.0%
4.4%
2.8%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
63.0%
26.2%
6.7%
2.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
62.4%
25.1%
8.4%
2.7%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
61.9%
24.3%
9.5%
2.7%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
61.6%
23.3%
10.7%
2.8%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 64.9%. Overall it fell from 63.0% in 2009 to 61.6% in 2024, down 1.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Richmond County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 10.7% in 2024, up 8.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 31.5% to 23.3% of workers (down 8.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Richmond County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Richmond County?
The bars show when commuters in Richmond County 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
12:00-4:59 AMRichmond County4.6%New York3.9%
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRichmond County4.6%New York2.9%
4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRichmond County4.0%New York3.7%
4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRichmond County10.9%New York7.5%
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRichmond County9.2%New York8.1%
9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRichmond County17.1%New York13.9%
17.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRichmond County10.1%New York11.1%
10.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRichmond County11.5%New York14.0%
11.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRichmond County5.0%New York7.7%
5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRichmond County7.2%New York9.5%
7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRichmond County2.9%New York3.7%
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRichmond County1.4%New York1.7%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRichmond County6.1%New York6.9%
6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRichmond County5.6%New York5.3%
5.6%
Richmond CountyNew YorkSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Richmond County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 13.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush looks much like New York's: 47.8% 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 Richmond County, 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 Richmond County 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 Richmond County 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
Richmond County
New York
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:54 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:54 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:31 AM
7:54 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:55 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:34 AM
7:56 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:33 AM
7:56 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:31 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:26 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:26 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:27 AM
7:56 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:30 AM
7:57 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Richmond County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Richmond County now leave 8 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Richmond County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Richmond County's commute time compare?
Metric
Richmond County
New York
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
35.5 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
10.7%
15.0%
15.0%
Walked
2.8%
5.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
23.3%
21.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Richmond County is 35.5 minutes, longer than the 28.7 minutes in New York.
23.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 21.7% in New York. 2.8% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.
Richmond County, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Richmond County, NY is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 494,794 residents against a local median of 861,155. Richmond County, NY's work from home, at 10.7%, runs 44% below the 19.1% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 35.5 min against a local median of 30.9 min, 15% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 15% above the local median it puts Richmond County, NY at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 11.3% on work from home, so Richmond County, NY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Richmond County, NY has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Richmond County, New York.
Is commuting expensive in Richmond County, New York?
Commuters here spend an estimated 296 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,184 at a typical national wage. That's 24% more than the typical New York commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Richmond County, New York?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Richmond County, 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.
How do commute times compare across counties in New York?
Among counties in New York, the shortest average commutes are in Hamilton County (13.6 min), Chautauqua County (15.4 min), Franklin County (16.4 min). The longest are in Bronx County (43.2 min), Queens County (41.8 min), Kings County (41.6 min).