Tioga County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Tioga County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Tioga 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 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 7.3 minutes.

Tioga County holds about 0.2% of New York's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Tioga County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,213 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)
Tioga County	21.4 min	42.8 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,533	865
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.

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On average, it takes 21.4 minutes to get to work in Tioga County. That's 4% 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 10.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Tioga County

• Car: 86.6% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 10.1%
• Walked: 1.8% unusually low
• Other: 0.9%
• Bicycle: 0.3% unusually low
• Motorcycle: 0.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Driving is 57% more common in Tioga County than the New York average (86.6% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in Tioga County: 3.1 times less than the New York average (1.8% vs 5.6%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Tioga County: 203.3 times less than the New York average (0.1% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Tioga County: 17.8 times less than the New York average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Biking is unusually rare in Tioga County: 3.2 times less than the New York average (0.3% vs 0.8%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Tioga County: just 2.1%, 3.1 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Tioga County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Tioga 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	92.0%	3.8%	2.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.2%
2010	92.5%	3.5%	2.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%
2011	93.2%	3.5%	1.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.6%	0.3%
2012	93.3%	3.5%	1.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%
2013	93.1%	3.3%	1.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.6%	0.2%
2014	94.0%	3.0%	1.2%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%
2015	93.6%	3.3%	1.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%
2016	93.4%	2.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%	0.9%	0.1%
2017	93.3%	2.6%	1.9%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%
2018	93.8%	2.8%	1.9%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%
2019	92.9%	3.3%	2.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2020	91.4%	4.5%	2.2%	0.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2021	90.6%	5.6%	2.1%	0.8%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	89.0%	7.0%	2.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	86.8%	9.1%	1.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	86.6%	10.1%	1.8%	0.9%	0.3%	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 2014 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 92.0% in 2009 to 86.6% in 2024, down 5.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Tioga County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 6.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Tioga County

• ⏰ Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among New York's 62 counties: the typical start is 11 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tioga County?

The bars show when commuters in Tioga 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 AM Tioga County6.0% New York3.9%	6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Tioga County3.8% New York2.9%	3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Tioga County8.4% New York3.7%	8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Tioga County9.6% New York7.5%	9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Tioga County10.9% New York8.1%	10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Tioga County17.4% New York13.9%	17.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Tioga County13.7% New York11.1%	13.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Tioga County8.2% New York14.0%	8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Tioga County4.3% New York7.7%	4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Tioga County4.4% New York9.5%	4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Tioga County1.5% New York3.7%	1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Tioga County0.9% New York1.7%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Tioga County5.9% New York6.9%	5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Tioga County5.1% New York5.3%	5.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Tioga County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 18.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New York: 50.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.8%) 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 Tioga 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 Tioga 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 Tioga 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Tioga County	New York	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:31 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:28 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:28 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:26 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:18 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:20 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Tioga County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across New York, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Tioga County now leave 18 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 Tioga County has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does Tioga County's commute time compare?

Metric	Tioga County	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.4 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	10.1%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.8%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Tioga County is 21.4 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau