Lebanon Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lebanon spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 145 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Lebanon holds about 0.2% of Pennsylvania's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lebanon would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,798 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)
Lebanon	17.4 min	34.8 min	145 hrs/yr	$4,495	1,616
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.

Lebanon Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.4 minutes to get to work in Lebanon. That's 22% 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 6.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lebanon

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

Commute Mode Trends in Lebanon, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lebanon 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	86.6%	2.4%	8.3%	0.4%	1.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2010	89.1%	1.6%	7.5%	0.2%	1.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2011	89.6%	1.3%	6.4%	0.6%	1.0%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	89.1%	1.4%	6.4%	0.5%	1.3%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	90.0%	1.7%	5.2%	0.5%	0.9%	1.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	89.7%	1.6%	5.4%	0.5%	0.9%	1.6%	0.1%	0.2%
2015	88.2%	1.4%	6.2%	0.7%	1.3%	1.8%	0.2%	0.3%
2016	88.3%	1.7%	6.8%	0.2%	1.1%	1.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2017	88.1%	1.7%	7.3%	0.2%	1.0%	1.3%	0.1%	0.4%
2018	88.8%	1.4%	6.2%	0.4%	2.2%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	89.0%	1.2%	6.6%	0.4%	2.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	90.5%	1.2%	6.1%	0.3%	1.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	88.4%	2.3%	5.3%	1.0%	2.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	89.8%	2.8%	3.5%	0.9%	2.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	84.2%	4.6%	5.6%	2.1%	2.9%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	82.7%	6.4%	4.5%	3.1%	2.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 90.5%. Overall it fell from 86.6% in 2009 to 82.7% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lebanon: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 6.4% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 8.3% to 4.5% of workers (down 3.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Biking peaked at 1.8% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.4%.

Commute Start Times in Lebanon

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lebanon?

The bars show when commuters in Lebanon 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		6.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		12.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		12.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lebanon is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 20.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Pennsylvania: 38.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (32.6%) 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 Lebanon, 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 Lebanon 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 Lebanon 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	Lebanon	Pennsylvania	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:52 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:43 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:31 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lebanon were on the road by 7:39 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:41 AM). Pennsylvania followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Lebanon now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Lebanon has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Lebanon's commute time compare?

Metric	Lebanon	Pennsylvania	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.4 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	6.4%	15.6%	15.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.7%	3.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lebanon is 17.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.

2.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 4.5% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 145 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,495 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lebanon, Pennsylvania?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lebanon, 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.