Northampton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Northampton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Northampton County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 184 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting.

That is 1% less time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Northampton County holds about 2.4% of Pennsylvania's population and accounts for roughly 2.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Northampton County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,286 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)
Northampton County	22.1 min	44.3 min	184 hrs/yr	$5,716	1,446
Pennsylvania	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,802	1,152
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

Compare commute times among different counties

On average, it takes 22.1 minutes to get to work in Northampton County. That's 2% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 12.6% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 82.4%
• Worked at Home: 12.6%
• Walked: 2.0%
• Other: 1.4%
• Public Transportation: 1.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.2%
• Taxi: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Northampton County: 3.4 times less than the Pennsylvania average (1.1% vs 3.9%).

How does Northampton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Northampton County	Pennsylvania	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.1 min	22.5 min	22.5 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	12.6%	13.8%	13.4%
Walked	2.0%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	3.9%	3.5%

The average commute time in Northampton County is about the same as in Pennsylvania.

1.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.9% in Pennsylvania. 2.0% commute by walking, lower than the 3.3% in Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau