Mean Commute Time in Rensselaer County, NY

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
26.2 min −4.9% vs nat'l
Rank #1,640 of 3,222
49th percentile

How Rensselaer County Compares

Rensselaer County
26.2 min
New York Average
26.2 min
Rank #29 of 62 in state
National
27.6 min
4.9% below

National Distribution

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

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Rensselaer County: 26.2 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,637 Sutton County, TX 26.3 min
#1,638 Knox County, KY 26.3 min
#1,639 Hancock County, IL 26.3 min
#1,640 Rensselaer County, NY 26.2 min
#1,641 Washington County, VA 26.2 min
#1,642 Wythe County, VA 26.2 min
#1,643 Sumner County, KS 26.2 min
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Mean Commute Time in Rensselaer County, New York

Rensselaer County, New York has a mean commute time of 26.2 min, which ranks #1,640 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 4.9% below the national value of 27.6 min.

Within New York, Rensselaer County ranks #29 of 62 out of 62 counties. This places it in the 49th 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.