Commuting in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Huntingdon County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.6 minutes.
Huntingdon County holds about 0.3% of Pennsylvania's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Huntingdon County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,678 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)
Huntingdon County
25.9 min
51.8 min
216 hrs/yr
$6,696
593
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
25.9
minutes to get to work in
Huntingdon County.
That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 86% of counties in Pennsylvania
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 7.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Huntingdon County
Car:
85.4%
Worked at Home:
7.6%
Walked:
5.9%
Other:
0.9%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Huntingdon County: 78.5 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.0% vs 3.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Huntingdon County, versus 0.2% in Pennsylvania.
Biking is unusually rare in Huntingdon County: 4.9 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Huntingdon County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Huntingdon 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
88.2%
3.6%
5.1%
2.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
87.7%
3.7%
5.4%
2.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
87.6%
3.9%
5.5%
2.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
88.8%
3.4%
5.2%
1.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
88.3%
3.8%
6.0%
1.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
88.7%
3.4%
6.7%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
89.2%
3.4%
6.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
89.0%
3.7%
6.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
88.3%
3.9%
6.3%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
89.5%
3.5%
5.5%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
89.6%
3.6%
4.8%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
88.1%
5.3%
4.6%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2021
87.5%
5.3%
5.4%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2022
87.0%
5.8%
5.4%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2023
86.8%
6.6%
5.0%
1.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2024
85.4%
7.6%
5.9%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 89.6%. Overall it fell from 88.2% in 2009 to 85.4% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Huntingdon County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Huntingdon County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Huntingdon County?
The bars show when commuters in Huntingdon 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.
Huntingdon CountyPennsylvaniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Huntingdon County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 22.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Pennsylvania: 42.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.6%) 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 Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon 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
Huntingdon County
Pennsylvania
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:26 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:24 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Huntingdon County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Pennsylvania, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Huntingdon County now leave 19 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 Huntingdon County has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Huntingdon County in the whole series.
How does Huntingdon County's commute time compare?
Metric
Huntingdon County
Pennsylvania
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.9 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
7.6%
15.6%
15.0%
Walked
5.9%
3.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
3.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Huntingdon County is 25.9 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 5.9% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.
Huntingdon County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Huntingdon County, PA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 43,653 residents against a local median of 121,255. Where Huntingdon County, PA breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 38% above the local median of 18.8 min at 25.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 11.0 min on one-way commute, so Huntingdon County, PA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Huntingdon County, PA has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania?
Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,696 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Huntingdon 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Huntingdon 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).