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Forest County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Forest 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 Forest County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Forest County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 150 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.

Forest County holds about 0.1% of Pennsylvania's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Forest County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,866 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)
Forest County 18.1 min 36.1 min 150 hrs/yr $4,665 284
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

Forest County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in Forest County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 77% of counties in Pennsylvania

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 13.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Forest County

  • Car: 82.8%
  • Worked at Home: 13.3%
  • Other: 2.3%
  • Walked: 1.5%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Forest County, versus 0.1% in Pennsylvania.

Public transit is essentially absent in Forest County, versus 3.6% in Pennsylvania.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Forest County, versus 0.2% in Pennsylvania.

Biking is essentially absent in Forest County, versus 0.4% in Pennsylvania.

Commute Mode Trends in Forest County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Forest 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 Other Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 89.9% 3.4% 0.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 90.7% 2.5% 1.5% 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 88.6% 3.3% 1.9% 6.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 88.0% 4.2% 1.6% 6.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 89.0% 4.4% 1.5% 5.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 89.2% 3.7% 1.1% 6.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 87.3% 3.5% 0.5% 8.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 87.2% 4.4% 0.5% 7.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 85.4% 3.3% 1.5% 9.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 86.3% 4.4% 1.8% 7.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 85.0% 5.0% 1.6% 8.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 84.1% 7.3% 1.5% 6.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 87.5% 7.9% 2.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 85.1% 10.8% 1.4% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 80.6% 14.7% 2.5% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 82.8% 13.3% 2.3% 1.5% 0.0% 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 2010 at 90.7% and lowest in 2023 at 80.6%. Overall it fell from 89.9% in 2009 to 82.8% in 2024, down 7.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Forest County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 13.3% in 2024, up 9.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.9% to 1.5% of workers (down 4.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 14.7% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 13.3%.

Commute Start Times in Forest County

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Pennsylvania's 67 counties: only 34.7% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Pennsylvania's 67 counties: the typical start is 11 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Forest County?

The bars show when commuters in Forest 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
10.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
7.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
13.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
3.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
7.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
6.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
9.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Forest County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.4% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 21.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Pennsylvania: 34.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.8%) 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 Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest County Pennsylvania United States
2009 7:22 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:33 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:25 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:23 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:20 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:25 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Forest County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:22 AM). That goes against the trend across Pennsylvania, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Forest County now leave 5 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 Forest County has moved 13 minutes later.

How does Forest County's commute time compare?

Metric Forest County Pennsylvania US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.1 min 22.4 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 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 13.3% 15.6% 15.0%
Walked 1.5% 3.2% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 3.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Forest County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Forest County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Forest County, PA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,715 residents against a local median of 37,909. The measure that sets Forest County, PA apart most is work from home: 13.3%, 111% above the local median of 6.3%.

The counties themselves spread 5.7% on work from home, so Forest County, PA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Forest County, PA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Forest County, PA 6,715 18.1 min #3/6 13.3% #1/6 7:33 AM #6/6
Warren County, PA 37,909 17.5 min 6.3% 7:24 AM
Clarion County, PA 37,179 20.1 min 8.6% 7:30 AM
Jefferson County, PA 43,864 18.6 min 5.7% 7:17 AM
Venango County, PA 49,798 18.5 min 8.8% 7:23 AM
Elk County, PA 30,506 15.4 min 3.1% 7:15 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Forest County, Pennsylvania.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Forest County, Pennsylvania?

Commuters here spend an estimated 150 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,665 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Forest County, Pennsylvania?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Forest 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.

Do people use public transit in Forest 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).