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Sullivan County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Sullivan County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Sullivan County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 222 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Sullivan County would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,747 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)
Sullivan County 26.6 min 53.2 min 222 hrs/yr $6,868 652
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

Sullivan County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.6 minutes to get to work in Sullivan County. That's 19% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 89% of counties in Pennsylvania

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Sullivan County

  • Car: 86.6%
  • Worked at Home: 7.9%
  • Walked: 3.2%
  • Other: 2.1%
  • Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Sullivan County: 22.1 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.2% vs 3.6%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Sullivan County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Sullivan 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 89.6% 3.3% 4.9% 1.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 90.1% 2.9% 4.7% 1.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 86.2% 5.8% 5.1% 0.5% 0.4% 1.1% 0.0% 0.9%
2012 85.0% 6.5% 5.4% 1.3% 0.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
2013 86.8% 6.2% 4.6% 1.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
2014 87.7% 6.2% 4.4% 0.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 85.7% 7.3% 5.2% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
2016 88.3% 6.8% 3.9% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 89.5% 7.4% 2.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2018 88.1% 9.1% 2.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
2019 88.5% 7.5% 2.6% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
2020 88.1% 6.2% 3.6% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 88.8% 5.5% 3.7% 1.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 86.0% 6.3% 3.7% 3.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2023 87.0% 6.2% 3.8% 2.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.6% 7.9% 3.2% 2.1% 0.2% 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 90.1% and lowest in 2012 at 85.0%. Overall it fell from 89.6% in 2009 to 86.6% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Sullivan County: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.9% to 3.2% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 9.1% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 7.9%.

Commute Start Times in Sullivan County

  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Pennsylvania's 67 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:57 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Pennsylvania's 67 counties: only 34.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe 3rd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Pennsylvania's 67 counties: 27.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sullivan County?

The bars show when commuters in Sullivan 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
8.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
11.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
14.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
9.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
10.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Sullivan County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.9% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 27.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Pennsylvania: 34.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County Pennsylvania United States
2009 6:59 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:59 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:12 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:20 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:23 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:20 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:18 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:16 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:15 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:22 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:13 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:14 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:57 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Sullivan County were on the road by 6:57 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (6:59 AM). Pennsylvania followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sullivan County now leave 41 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 Sullivan County has moved 22 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Sullivan County in the whole series.

How does Sullivan County's commute time compare?

Metric Sullivan County Pennsylvania US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.6 min 22.4 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.9% 15.6% 15.0%
Walked 3.2% 3.2% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.2% 3.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Sullivan County is 26.6 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Sullivan County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Sullivan County, PA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,888 residents against a local median of 59,858. The measure that sets Sullivan County, PA apart most is one-way commute: 26.6 min, 46% above the local median of 18.2 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 6.1 min on one-way commute, so Sullivan County, PA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sullivan County, PA has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Sullivan County, PA 5,888 26.6 min #6/6 7.9% #5/6 6:57 AM #1/6
Bradford County, PA 59,858 21.3 min 7.0% 7:08 AM
Columbia County, PA 65,057 18.2 min 12.9% 7:22 AM
Montour County, PA 18,103 16.6 min 12.9% 7:15 AM
Wyoming County, PA 25,938 22.8 min 8.2% 7:16 AM
Lycoming County, PA 113,489 17.4 min 8.7% 7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania?

Commuters here spend an estimated 222 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,868 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).