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Bradford County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Bradford County, Pennsylvania: 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 Bradford County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bradford 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 177 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Bradford County holds about 0.5% of Pennsylvania's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bradford County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,198 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)
Bradford County 21.3 min 42.5 min 177 hrs/yr $5,495 688
Pennsylvania 22.4 min 44.7 min 186 hrs/yr $5,779 1,152
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.

Commute Time Map: Pennsylvania Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Pennsylvania
  1. Cameron County (11.4 min)
  2. Elk County (15.4 min)
  3. McKean County (15.9 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Pennsylvania
  1. Pike County (32.5 min)
  2. Perry County (32.0 min)
  3. Carbon County (30.5 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Bradford County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.3 minutes to get to work in Bradford County. That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bradford County

  • Car: 87.9%
  • Worked at Home: 7.0%
  • Walked: 3.8%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Bradford County: 23.4 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.2% vs 3.6%).

Biking is unusually rare in Bradford County: 8.5 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Bradford County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bradford 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 89.1% 4.2% 4.7% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2010 88.9% 4.5% 4.6% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2011 88.8% 4.4% 4.7% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2012 88.9% 3.9% 5.2% 0.9% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
2013 89.7% 3.7% 5.0% 0.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
2014 89.9% 3.6% 5.2% 0.7% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
2015 89.5% 3.5% 5.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
2016 89.3% 4.1% 5.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
2017 89.7% 4.4% 4.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
2018 90.1% 4.9% 3.6% 0.7% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
2019 89.1% 5.3% 3.9% 0.8% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
2020 87.5% 6.7% 4.4% 0.7% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
2021 88.0% 6.6% 4.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
2022 88.3% 6.6% 4.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 87.5% 7.1% 4.5% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 87.9% 7.0% 3.8% 0.8% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 90.1% and lowest in 2020 at 87.5%. Overall it fell from 89.1% in 2009 to 87.9% in 2024, down 1.2 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bradford County: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 7.0% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.7% to 3.8% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Bradford County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Pennsylvania's 67 counties: the typical start is 20 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bradford County?

The bars show when commuters in Bradford 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 Pennsylvania for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
8.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.2%

Bradford County Pennsylvania Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bradford County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 22.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush looks much like Pennsylvania's: 45.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Bradford 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 Bradford 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 Bradford County next to Pennsylvania 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 Bradford County Pennsylvania United States
2009 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:25 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:23 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:19 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:21 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:19 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:19 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:18 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:15 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:12 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:12 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:10 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:07 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:08 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bradford County were on the road by 7:08 AM, 20 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Pennsylvania, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Bradford County now leave 30 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 Bradford County has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Bradford County's commute time compare?

Metric Bradford County Pennsylvania US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.3 min 22.4 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.0% 15.6% 15.0%
Walked 3.8% 3.2% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.2% 3.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Bradford County is 21.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bradford County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Bradford County, PA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 59,858 residents against a local median of 47,858. Where Bradford County, PA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 15% below the local median of 8.2% at 7.0%.

The counties themselves spread 12.1% on work from home, so Bradford County, PA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bradford County, PA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Bradford County, PA 59,858 21.3 min #3/6 7.0% #6/6 7:08 AM #2/6
Sullivan County, PA 5,888 26.6 min 7.9% 6:57 AM
Chemung County, NY 82,147 16.9 min 8.2% 7:43 AM
Tioga County, NY 47,858 21.4 min 10.1% 7:20 AM
Wyoming County, PA 25,938 22.8 min 8.2% 7:16 AM
Tompkins County, NY 103,844 17.5 min 20.0% 8:19 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

Is living in Bradford County, Pennsylvania good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 177 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,495 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Bradford County, Pennsylvania?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Bradford County, Pennsylvania?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 3.6% in Pennsylvania, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Pennsylvania?

Among counties in Pennsylvania, the shortest average commutes are in Cameron County (11.4 min), Elk County (15.4 min), McKean County (15.9 min). The longest are in Pike County (32.5 min), Perry County (32.0 min), Carbon County (30.5 min).