York County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in York County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in York County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting.

That is about the same time on the road as the Pennsylvania average of 22.5 minutes each way.

York County holds about 3.6% of Pennsylvania's population and accounts for roughly 3.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in York County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,317 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)
York County	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,791	1,522
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 22.4 minutes to get to work in York County. That's about the same as the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 10.5% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 85.9%
• Worked at Home: 10.5%
• Walked: 1.5%
• Other: 0.8%
• Public Transportation: 0.8% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1%

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in York County: 5.1 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.8% vs 3.9%).

How does York County's commute time compare?

Metric	York County	Pennsylvania	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.4 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.5%	13.8%	13.4%
Walked	1.5%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	3.9%	3.5%

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

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.9% in Pennsylvania. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.3% in Pennsylvania.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau