Commuting in Bucks 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 Bucks County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Bucks County spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 198 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.
Bucks County holds about 5.0% of Pennsylvania's population but accounts for roughly 5.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Bucks County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,457 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)
Bucks County
23.8 min
47.5 min
198 hrs/yr
$6,141
1,921
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.
On average, it takes
23.8
minutes to get to work in
Bucks County.
That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 80% of counties in Pennsylvania
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 19.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Bucks County
Car:
75.9%
Worked at Home:
19.6%
Public Transportation:
2.0%
Walked:
1.3%
Other:
0.9%
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Biking is unusually rare in Bucks County: 3.4 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Bucks County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Bucks 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
Public Transportation
Walked
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
90.9%
3.8%
2.8%
1.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2010
90.6%
4.1%
2.9%
1.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
90.3%
4.4%
3.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2012
90.1%
4.5%
3.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2013
90.1%
4.4%
3.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2014
89.9%
4.6%
3.0%
1.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2015
89.5%
4.7%
3.2%
1.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2016
89.3%
4.8%
3.3%
1.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2017
88.9%
5.1%
3.3%
1.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2018
88.8%
5.5%
3.3%
1.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
88.3%
6.0%
3.3%
1.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
85.9%
8.9%
3.0%
1.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
83.1%
12.2%
2.5%
1.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
80.7%
14.9%
2.3%
1.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
78.2%
17.3%
2.1%
1.2%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
75.9%
19.6%
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.9% in 2009 to 75.9% in 2024, down 15.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 11 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Bucks County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 19.6% in 2024, up 15.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 2.0% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Bucks County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bucks County?
The bars show when commuters in Bucks 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
12:00-4:59 AMBucks County3.5%Pennsylvania5.3%
3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBucks County3.2%Pennsylvania3.9%
3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBucks County5.1%Pennsylvania5.3%
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBucks County8.4%Pennsylvania8.9%
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBucks County11.0%Pennsylvania10.1%
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBucks County13.4%Pennsylvania13.8%
13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBucks County12.5%Pennsylvania11.4%
12.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBucks County13.6%Pennsylvania10.9%
13.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBucks County7.0%Pennsylvania5.8%
7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBucks County7.5%Pennsylvania6.1%
7.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBucks County3.2%Pennsylvania2.7%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBucks County1.0%Pennsylvania1.4%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBucks County5.5%Pennsylvania7.6%
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBucks County5.2%Pennsylvania6.9%
5.2%
Bucks CountyPennsylvaniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Bucks County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.9% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are less common than in Pennsylvania: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Pennsylvania: 50.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.4%) 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 Bucks 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 Bucks 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 Bucks 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
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Bucks County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across Pennsylvania, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Bucks County now leave 5 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 Bucks County has moved 3 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Bucks County in the whole series.
How does Bucks County's commute time compare?
Metric
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.8 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
19.6%
15.6%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
3.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.0%
3.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Bucks County is 23.8 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.
2.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.
Bucks County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Bucks County, PA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 647,283 residents against a local median of 385,681. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Bucks County, PA an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 7% below the local median at 23.8 min against 25.5 min. Bucks County, PA has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania?
Commuters here spend an estimated 198 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,141 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Bucks County, Pennsylvania?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Pennsylvania have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).