How long is the commute in Rochester?

Average travel time to work in Rochester, 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 Rochester gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 16.9 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 65.8
• Carpooled: 10.6
• Transit: 5.4
• Walked: 4.1
• From home: 10.8

Average commute (minutes)

• Rochester: 16.9
• Monroe County: 17.1
• NY: 28.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 10.8% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 6.1 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 2.4% of workers in 2015 to 10.8% in the latest estimates.