West Babylon Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in West Babylon: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in West Babylon spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 5.7 minutes.

West Babylon 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 West Babylon would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,373 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)
West Babylon	23.0 min	45.9 min	191 hrs/yr	$5,933	2,934
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.

West Babylon Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.0 minutes to get to work in West Babylon. That's 2% longer 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 11.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in West Babylon

• Car: 81.4% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 11.3%
• Public Transportation: 4.6% unusually low
• Walked: 1.1% unusually low
• Other: 1.1%
• Taxi: 0.2% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%

Driving is 48% more common in West Babylon than the New York average (81.4% vs 55.0%).

Walking is unusually rare in West Babylon: 4.9 times less than the New York average (1.1% vs 5.6%).

Public transit is unusually rare in West Babylon: 4.8 times less than the New York average (4.6% vs 21.7%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in West Babylon: 3.3 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.7%).

Biking is unusually rare in West Babylon: 4.3 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Few people walk or bike to work in West Babylon: just 1.3%, 4.8 times below the New York average of 6.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in West Babylon, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in West Babylon 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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• Worked at Home
• Public Transportation
• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	88.0%	2.2%	8.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
2010	86.7%	2.8%	8.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
2011	89.3%	1.9%	6.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
2012	88.6%	1.9%	7.5%	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	88.5%	3.3%	6.5%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	88.5%	2.9%	6.6%	1.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	88.5%	2.8%	7.5%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	86.8%	3.2%	8.3%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	87.3%	2.7%	8.6%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	87.5%	1.6%	9.2%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	85.6%	2.1%	9.9%	0.7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	86.4%	2.7%	8.5%	0.7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	85.5%	5.0%	7.3%	0.6%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	83.3%	7.5%	5.8%	1.2%	0.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%
2023	81.2%	10.2%	5.0%	1.2%	1.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2024	81.4%	11.3%	4.6%	1.1%	1.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2011 at 89.3% and lowest in 2023 at 81.2%. Overall it fell from 88.0% in 2009 to 81.4% in 2024, down 6.6 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in West Babylon: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 11.3% in 2024, up 9.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.2% to 4.6% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in West Babylon

What Time Do People Leave for Work in West Babylon?

The bars show when commuters in West Babylon 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 West Babylon4.4% New York3.9%	4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM West Babylon3.5% New York2.9%	3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM West Babylon6.1% New York3.7%	6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM West Babylon9.3% New York7.5%	9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM West Babylon10.1% New York8.1%	10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM West Babylon11.4% New York13.9%	11.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM West Babylon13.0% New York11.1%	13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM West Babylon9.0% New York14.0%	9.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM West Babylon9.2% New York7.7%	9.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM West Babylon7.5% New York9.5%	7.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM West Babylon3.3% New York3.7%	3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM West Babylon2.4% New York1.7%	2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM West Babylon4.1% New York6.9%	4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM West Babylon6.7% New York5.3%	6.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in West Babylon is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.1% across New York. Early starts are more common than in New York: 14.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in New York: 43.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.1%) 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 West Babylon, 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 West Babylon 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 West Babylon 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	West Babylon	New York	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:57 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:59 AM	7:55 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:05 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:04 AM	7:56 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:02 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:56 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:50 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:45 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:45 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:46 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:44 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in West Babylon were on the road by 7:42 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across New York, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in West Babylon now leave 4 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 West Babylon has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does West Babylon's commute time compare?

Metric	West Babylon	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.0 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	11.3%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.6%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in West Babylon is 23.0 minutes, shorter than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

4.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 21.7% in New York. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau