Yonkers Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Yonkers, 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 Yonkers: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Yonkers spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 262 hours, about 10.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the New York average of 28.7 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

Yonkers holds about 1.1% of New York's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Yonkers would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,246 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)
Yonkers	31.4 min	62.8 min	262 hrs/yr	$8,114	3,447
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.

Yonkers Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.4 minutes to get to work in Yonkers. That's 40% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 11.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Yonkers

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Yonkers: 6.8 times less than the New York average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Yonkers: 5.4 times less than the New York average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Yonkers, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Yonkers 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	Taxi	Other	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	65.3%	25.6%	2.7%	5.3%	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	65.6%	25.8%	2.3%	5.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	66.1%	25.4%	2.2%	5.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	65.7%	25.9%	2.3%	5.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	65.4%	25.8%	2.4%	5.4%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	65.4%	26.3%	2.2%	5.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	65.1%	26.4%	2.4%	5.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	63.8%	27.3%	2.9%	4.9%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	63.2%	27.5%	2.9%	4.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	63.8%	27.1%	2.9%	4.6%	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	63.8%	26.9%	2.9%	4.8%	1.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	61.6%	26.1%	5.9%	4.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	60.6%	24.5%	8.1%	4.5%	1.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	60.3%	23.5%	9.3%	4.7%	1.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	59.0%	23.0%	10.5%	4.8%	1.4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	58.6%	23.1%	11.6%	4.2%	1.3%	1.1%	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 2011 at 66.1%. Overall it fell from 65.3% in 2009 to 58.6% in 2024, down 6.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Yonkers: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 11.6% in 2024, up 8.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 25.6% to 23.1% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Yonkers

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Yonkers?

The bars show when commuters in Yonkers 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		3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Yonkers is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across New York. Early starts are about as common as in New York: 11.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.6% there. The morning rush looks much like New York's: 46.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.2%) 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 Yonkers, 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 Yonkers 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 Yonkers 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	Yonkers	New York	United States
2009	7:44 AM	7:54 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:54 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:46 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	7:46 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:46 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:41 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:44 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:47 AM	7:55 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:47 AM	7:56 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:46 AM	7:56 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:48 AM	7:57 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Yonkers were on the road by 7:48 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). New York followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Yonkers now leave 10 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 Yonkers has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Yonkers's commute time compare?

Metric	Yonkers	New York	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.4 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.6%	15.0%	15.0%
Walked	4.2%	5.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	23.1%	21.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Yonkers is 31.4 minutes, longer than the 28.7 minutes in New York.

23.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 21.7% in New York. 4.2% commute by walking, lower than the 5.6% in New York.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Yonkers, NY Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Yonkers, NY compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Yonkers, NY	209,598	31.4 min #2/2	11.6% #1/2	7:48 AM #1/2
Mount Vernon, NY	72,261	31.2 min	8.7%	7:54 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Yonkers, New York.

Is living in Yonkers, New York good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 262 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,114 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical New York commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Yonkers, New York?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Yonkers, 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.