Commuting in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Schuyler County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 181 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.
Schuyler County 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 Schuyler County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,246 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)
Schuyler County
21.7 min
43.5 min
181 hrs/yr
$5,616
873
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
21.7
minutes to get to work in
Schuyler County.
That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Schuyler County
Car:
85.6%unusually high
Worked at Home:
9.4%
Walked:
3.5%
Other:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Public Transportation:
0.4%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Driving is 56% more common in Schuyler County than the New York average (85.6% vs 55.0%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Schuyler County: 52.1 times less than the New York average (0.4% vs 21.7%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Schuyler County, versus 0.7% in New York.
Commute Mode Trends in Schuyler County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Schuyler 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
Worked at Home
Walked
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
89.3%
5.0%
3.7%
0.1%
0.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
89.3%
5.0%
2.8%
0.3%
0.7%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
90.6%
4.0%
2.6%
0.5%
0.7%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
91.3%
3.4%
2.8%
0.4%
0.8%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
91.4%
2.6%
3.9%
0.4%
0.3%
1.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
90.1%
3.4%
3.9%
0.4%
0.5%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
90.5%
3.5%
3.9%
0.5%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
90.8%
3.7%
3.3%
0.3%
0.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
90.5%
4.4%
3.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
89.7%
6.0%
2.4%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
90.2%
5.4%
2.6%
0.5%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
90.2%
6.0%
2.8%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
88.0%
8.1%
2.7%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
86.7%
8.2%
3.6%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
87.0%
7.5%
4.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
85.6%
9.4%
3.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 91.4%. Overall it fell from 89.3% in 2009 to 85.6% in 2024, down 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Schuyler County: its share of workers rose from 5.0% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 4.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit peaked at 1.8% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 0.4%.
Commute Start Times in Schuyler County
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among New York's 62 counties: the typical start is 16 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Schuyler County?
The bars show when commuters in Schuyler 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 AMSchuyler County6.2%New York3.9%
6.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSchuyler County3.3%New York2.9%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSchuyler County5.9%New York3.7%
5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSchuyler County4.9%New York7.5%
4.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSchuyler County10.3%New York8.1%
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSchuyler County17.0%New York13.9%
17.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSchuyler County13.2%New York11.1%
13.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSchuyler County7.8%New York14.0%
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSchuyler County5.4%New York7.7%
5.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSchuyler County5.4%New York9.5%
5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSchuyler County7.6%New York3.7%
7.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSchuyler County1.7%New York1.7%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSchuyler County7.3%New York6.9%
7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSchuyler County4.0%New York5.3%
4.0%
Schuyler CountyNew YorkSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Schuyler County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 15.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush looks much like New York's: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.9%) 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 Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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
Schuyler County
New York
United States
2009
7:20 AM
7:54 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:22 AM
7:54 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:23 AM
7:54 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:25 AM
7:55 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:56 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:56 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:25 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:27 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:23 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:27 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:55 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:56 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:32 AM
7:56 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:57 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Schuyler County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 16 minutes later than in 2009 (7:20 AM). The shift is sharper than across New York, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Schuyler County now leave 2 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 Schuyler County has moved 13 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Schuyler County in the whole series.
How does Schuyler County's commute time compare?
Metric
Schuyler County
New York
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.7 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.4%
15.0%
15.0%
Walked
3.5%
5.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
21.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Schuyler County is 21.7 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 3.5% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.
Schuyler County, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Schuyler County, NY is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,562 residents against a local median of 82,147. Schuyler County, NY's one-way commute, at 21.7 min, runs 26% above the 17.3 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves sit within 1.2 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Schuyler County, NY, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Schuyler County, NY has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Schuyler County, New York.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Schuyler County, New York?
Commuters here spend an estimated 181 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,616 at a typical national wage. That's 24% less than the typical New York commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Schuyler County, New York?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Schuyler County, New York. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Schuyler County, New York?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 21.7% in New York, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).