Mean Commute Time in Essex County, NY

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
24.8 min −10.0% vs nat'l
Rank #1,975 of 3,222
39th percentile

How Essex County Compares

Essex County
24.8 min
New York Average
24.8 min
Rank #40 of 62 in state
National
27.6 min
10.0% below

National Distribution

Where Essex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Essex County: 24.8 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,972 Oregon County, MO 24.9 min
#1,973 Boulder County, CO 24.8 min
#1,974 Waukesha County, WI 24.8 min
#1,975 Essex County, NY 24.8 min
#1,976 Jackson County, MI 24.8 min
#1,977 Cattaraugus County, NY 24.8 min
#1,978 Ottawa County, KS 24.8 min
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Mean Commute Time in Essex County, New York

Essex County, New York has a mean commute time of 24.8 min, which ranks #1,975 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 10.0% below the national value of 27.6 min.

Within New York, Essex County ranks #40 of 62 out of 62 counties. This places it in the 39th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.