Plum Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Plum, 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 Plum: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Plum spend about 58 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 241 hours, about 10.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% more time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 6.5 minutes.

Plum holds about 0.2% of Pennsylvania's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Plum would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,984 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)
Plum	28.9 min	57.7 min	241 hrs/yr	$7,459	1,586
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.

Plum Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.9 minutes to get to work in Plum. That's 29% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 23.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Plum

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

Walking is unusually rare in Plum: 7.6 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.4% vs 3.2%).

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

Biking is essentially absent in Plum, versus 0.4% in Pennsylvania.

Few people walk or bike to work in Plum: just 0.4%, 8.7 times below the Pennsylvania average of 3.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Plum, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Plum 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	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.5%	2.7%	3.0%	0.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2010	92.0%	2.5%	3.8%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%
2011	91.2%	2.7%	4.7%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2012	92.2%	2.6%	3.9%	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	92.3%	2.3%	4.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	91.6%	2.9%	4.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	92.1%	3.3%	3.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	92.6%	3.9%	2.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	92.2%	4.3%	2.6%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	91.7%	5.3%	1.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	89.8%	7.0%	1.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	86.8%	9.8%	2.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	81.6%	14.6%	2.1%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	78.5%	18.2%	2.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	75.5%	21.2%	1.9%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	73.5%	23.7%	1.7%	0.8%	0.4%	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 peaked in 2016 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 92.5% in 2009 to 73.5% in 2024, down 19.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Plum: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 23.7% in 2024, up 21.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.0% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Plum

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Plum?

The bars show when commuters in Plum 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		5.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Plum is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are about as common as in Pennsylvania: 14.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Pennsylvania: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.2%) 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 Plum, 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 Plum 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 Plum 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	Plum	Pennsylvania	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:31 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:28 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:30 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:30 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:32 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:30 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Plum were on the road by 7:35 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across Pennsylvania, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Plum now leave 3 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 Plum has moved 5 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Plum in the whole series.

How does Plum's commute time compare?

Metric	Plum	Pennsylvania	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.9 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	23.7%	15.6%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	3.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Plum is 28.9 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Plum, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Plum, PA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Plum, PA	26,728	28.9 min #2/2	23.7% #2/2	7:35 AM #2/2
Monroeville, PA	28,169	22.9 min	24.8%	7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Plum, Pennsylvania.

Is living in Plum, Pennsylvania good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 241 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,459 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Plum, Pennsylvania?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Plum, Pennsylvania. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is Plum, Pennsylvania a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 23.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Plum would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,984 at the same national wage assumption used above.