Rome Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Rome: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Rome spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 11.7 minutes.

Rome holds about 0.2% of New York's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Rome would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,761 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)
Rome	17.0 min	34.1 min	142 hrs/yr	$4,404	1,245
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.

Rome Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.0 minutes to get to work in Rome. That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Rome

Driving is 49% more common in Rome than the New York average (81.9% vs 55.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Rome: 22.6 times less than the New York average (1.0% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Rome: 5.6 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Rome, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Rome 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	Walked	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.3%	2.1%	3.0%	1.8%	0.4%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	92.0%	2.4%	2.3%	1.9%	0.3%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	91.7%	1.8%	2.9%	1.9%	0.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	90.7%	2.4%	4.0%	1.7%	0.1%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	90.5%	2.4%	4.3%	1.5%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	89.6%	2.7%	5.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	89.3%	3.1%	5.3%	0.8%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	89.4%	4.0%	4.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%
2017	90.3%	4.5%	3.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%
2018	89.7%	4.8%	2.9%	0.6%	0.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2019	90.3%	4.5%	2.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%
2020	87.1%	7.9%	2.3%	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%
2021	86.0%	8.6%	3.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.1%	11.1%	2.9%	1.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	83.9%	12.6%	2.6%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	81.9%	12.8%	3.3%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	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 2010 at 92.0%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, down 9.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Rome: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 12.8% in 2024, up 10.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 1.0% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 5.6% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 3.3%.

Commute Start Times in Rome

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rome?

The bars show when commuters in Rome 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		4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		12.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Rome is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush looks much like New York's: 46.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.0%) 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 Rome, 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 Rome 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 Rome 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	Rome	New York	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:46 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:48 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:48 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:50 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:34 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:36 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:52 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:55 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Rome were on the road by 7:55 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:45 AM). The shift is sharper than across New York, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Rome now leave 17 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 Rome has moved 19 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Rome in the whole series.

How does Rome's commute time compare?

Metric	Rome	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.0 min	28.7 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 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	12.8%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	3.3%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.0%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Rome is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 3.3% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Rome, New York.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,404 at a typical national wage. That's 41% less than the typical New York commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Rome, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Rome, New York?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.0% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.