Commuting in Clarion County, Pennsylvania: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
You9/24/26, 7:59 PM
How many minutes is the average drive to work in Clarion County?
Map AI9/24/26, 7:59 PM
Commute Time Burden in Clarion County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clarion County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 168 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% less time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 2.2 minutes.
Clarion County holds about 0.3% of Pennsylvania's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clarion County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,079 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)
Clarion County
20.1 min
40.2 min
168 hrs/yr
$5,199
455
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
20.1
minutes to get to work in
Clarion County.
That's 10% 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 8.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clarion County
Car:
85.6%
Worked at Home:
8.6%
Walked:
4.5%
Other:
1.0%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Clarion County: 87.5 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.0% vs 3.6%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Clarion County: 42.9 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Clarion County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clarion 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
89.5%
2.9%
6.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
2010
89.0%
3.3%
6.3%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
89.2%
3.6%
6.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2012
89.0%
4.3%
5.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2013
88.6%
4.4%
5.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2014
89.2%
4.2%
5.2%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
89.5%
4.3%
4.8%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
89.4%
4.3%
4.8%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
89.5%
3.9%
5.1%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
89.6%
4.2%
5.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
89.0%
4.7%
4.1%
1.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
87.6%
6.5%
3.9%
1.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
87.2%
6.8%
3.7%
1.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
86.4%
7.6%
3.9%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
85.0%
8.8%
4.1%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
85.6%
8.6%
4.5%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 89.6% and lowest in 2023 at 85.0%. Overall it fell from 89.5% in 2009 to 85.6% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clarion County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.1% to 4.5% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Clarion County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clarion County?
The bars show when commuters in Clarion 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 AMClarion County7.8%Pennsylvania5.3%
7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClarion County4.2%Pennsylvania3.9%
4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClarion County5.7%Pennsylvania5.3%
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClarion County9.2%Pennsylvania8.9%
9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClarion County9.9%Pennsylvania10.1%
9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClarion County13.1%Pennsylvania13.8%
13.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClarion County13.1%Pennsylvania11.4%
13.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClarion County9.3%Pennsylvania10.9%
9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClarion County3.3%Pennsylvania5.8%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClarion County5.0%Pennsylvania6.1%
5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClarion County1.5%Pennsylvania2.7%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClarion County1.3%Pennsylvania1.4%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClarion County9.1%Pennsylvania7.6%
9.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClarion County7.3%Pennsylvania6.9%
7.3%
Clarion CountyPennsylvaniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clarion County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 17.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush looks much like Pennsylvania's: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) 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 Clarion 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 Clarion 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 Clarion 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
Clarion County
Pennsylvania
United States
2009
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:28 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clarion County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across Pennsylvania, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Clarion County now leave 8 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 Clarion County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Clarion County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clarion County
Pennsylvania
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.1 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.6%
15.6%
15.0%
Walked
4.5%
3.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
3.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clarion County is 20.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 4.5% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.
Clarion County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clarion County, PA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 37,179 residents against a local median of 49,798. Nothing separates Clarion County, PA sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 9% below the local median at 8.6% against 9.4%. Clarion County, PA has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
Is living in Clarion County, Pennsylvania good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 168 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,199 at a typical national wage. That's 10% less than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Clarion County, Pennsylvania?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Clarion County, Pennsylvania?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).