Union Hill-Novelty Hill Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington: 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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Union Hill-Novelty Hill spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.

Union Hill-Novelty Hill holds about 0.3% of Washington's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Union Hill-Novelty Hill would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,675 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)
Union Hill-Novelty Hill	25.9 min	51.8 min	216 hrs/yr	$6,688	2,915
Washington	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,785	1,525
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.

Union Hill-Novelty Hill Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.9 minutes to get to work in Union Hill-Novelty Hill. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 42.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Union Hill-Novelty Hill: 112.6 times less than the Washington average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Driving is 28% less common in Union Hill-Novelty Hill than the Washington average (51.9% vs 71.9%).

Biking is unusually rare in Union Hill-Novelty Hill: 6.2 times less than the Washington average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Commute Mode Trends in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Union Hill-Novelty Hill 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	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	84.2%	11.2%	3.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	83.9%	10.6%	3.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.3%
2011	84.9%	9.6%	3.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%
2012	85.2%	8.8%	3.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%
2013	83.8%	8.8%	4.4%	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.6%	0.3%
2014	84.8%	7.9%	3.9%	1.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.9%	0.2%
2015	85.9%	7.6%	3.5%	1.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2016	84.4%	8.0%	4.4%	0.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.9%	0.2%
2017	83.8%	8.3%	5.1%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.9%	0.3%
2018	81.2%	10.2%	5.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.3%
2019	82.2%	9.6%	5.8%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.7%	0.4%
2020	73.9%	17.3%	6.6%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.7%	0.4%
2021	65.3%	28.3%	4.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%
2022	60.0%	34.8%	3.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2023	56.0%	39.0%	3.4%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	51.9%	42.6%	3.1%	1.8%	0.3%	0.1%	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 2015 at 85.9%. Overall it fell from 84.2% in 2009 to 51.9% in 2024, down 32.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Union Hill-Novelty Hill: its share of workers rose from 11.2% in 2009 to 42.6% in 2024, up 31.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 33.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit peaked at 6.6% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 3.1%.

Commute Start Times in Union Hill-Novelty Hill

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Union Hill-Novelty Hill?

The bars show when commuters in Union Hill-Novelty Hill 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 Washington for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		2.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		16.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		11.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		19.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.1%

Union Hill-Novelty Hill Washington Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Union Hill-Novelty Hill is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.5% across Washington. Early starts are less common than in Washington: 7.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 46.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.1%) 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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill, 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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill 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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill next to Washington 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	Union Hill-Novelty Hill	Washington	United States
2009	7:53 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:55 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:54 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:56 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:53 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:02 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:04 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:11 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Union Hill-Novelty Hill were on the road by 8:14 AM, 21 minutes later than in 2009 (7:53 AM). The shift is sharper than across Washington, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Union Hill-Novelty Hill now leave 36 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Union Hill-Novelty Hill has moved 3 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Union Hill-Novelty Hill in the whole series.

How does Union Hill-Novelty Hill's commute time compare?

Metric	Union Hill-Novelty Hill	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.9 min	22.4 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	09:00 AM – 09:59 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	42.6%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.1%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Union Hill-Novelty Hill is 25.9 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

3.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA is the smallest of the 4 cities compared here, 23,529 residents against a local median of 59,678. Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these cities turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% above the local median at 42.6% against 37.8%. Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA has the highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA	23,529	25.9 min #3/4	42.6% #1/4	8:14 AM #3/4
Sammamish, WA	59,678	27.9 min	39.9%	8:13 AM
Cottage Lake, WA	24,620	23.6 min	34.1%	8:10 AM
Redmond, WA	71,994	18.6 min	37.8%	8:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,688 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Washington commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington. 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 Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 42.6% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Union Hill-Novelty Hill would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,675 at the same national wage assumption used above.