How long is the commute in Buffalo?

Average travel time to work in Buffalo, NY, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Buffalo gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.0 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 64.5
• Carpooled: 9.9
• Transit: 8.5
• Walked: 4.7
• From home: 9.6

Average commute (minutes)

• Buffalo: 18
• Erie County: 18.9
• NY: 28.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 9.6% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 5.0 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 2.4% of workers in 2015 to 9.6% in the latest estimates.