# How many hours do you drive to/from work in a week? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536 "2012-04-02T01:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/1 "2012-04-02T01:35:50Z")
My commute is approximately a half hour. So to work and then from work is one hour. In a week - 7 days - I work 5 days and I get 2 days off, sometimes just 1 day off, sometimes no days off. So in an average week I drive 5 hours. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/2 "2012-04-02T01:52:47Z")
It’s about 20 minutes each way and at five days a week, that’s just over three hours. One of my coworkers commutes about an hour and a half each way which I just can’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/3 "2012-04-02T01:55:59Z")
The drive to my place of employment is 10 minutes even, so 20 minutes for one work day and 100 minutes, 1 hour and 40 minutes for a week. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/4 "2012-04-02T02:11:51Z")
Usually 50 minutes each way 4 days a week. When I go back to working my other job too on the 10th, it’ll be just over 10 hours a week because the jobs are a little over an hour apart. I hate driving so the extra time behind the wheel is one of the bigger drawbacks to taking this on. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/5 "2012-04-02T02:15:43Z")
I walk. It’s about a 10 second trip each way I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/6 "2012-04-02T02:20:05Z")
000 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/7 "2012-04-02T02:21:43Z")
Mine’s 90 minutes but that’s only because since I live 5 minutes from work, I go home every lunchtime to take a nap. I know I live 5 minutes from work because it’s exactly enough time to hear NPR’s news updates if I get to the car at exactly the right moment. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/8 "2012-04-02T02:39:32Z")
My work is almost exactly five minutes away by car, even in heavy traffic, and I work five days a week. So I would need the option that’s missing from the poll: more than half an hour but less than one hour. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/9 "2012-04-02T02:46:21Z")
My morning commute is about 25 minutes, but it takes me about 45 minutes to get home. I work Mon-Fri, so that’s 5:50…call it 6 hours. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/10 "2012-04-02T02:47:48Z")
How does public transit count in your poll? I generally drive once a week (about 1.5 hours), take the train twice a week (4 hours), and work at home once a week. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/11 "2012-04-02T03:02:34Z")
It’s about 35 minutes each way – a few minutes less if traffic’s very light, a bit longer on Friday evenings. So, I selected 6 hours. I’ve only been at this job for six months, and it’s the first time in my career in which I’ve been driving to work on a daily basis. Previous to this job, I worked in downtown Chicago, and took the train into the city. My commute now is actually shorter in duration – when I took the train, it was over an hour door-to-door, including driving 10 minutes to the train, 30 minutes on the train (once it arrived), and a 20-minute walk from the train station to my office. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/12 "2012-04-02T03:04:11Z")
My office is fifteen minutes away, however I put on almost 30,000 miles a yeargoing to jobsites, meeting homeowners, etc. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/13 "2012-04-02T03:26:35Z")
7 minutes if I hit the light. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/14 "2012-04-02T03:32:43Z")
I live about eight minutes away from work and many days I work two shifts separated by four hours or more, so I usually drive to and from work twice on those days. So I estimate that three days a week I drive to and from work twice, and three days a week I drive to and from work once, giving a weekly commute time of just over an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/15 "2012-04-02T03:37:05Z")
21 hours each week. Yes, kill me. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/16 "2012-04-02T08:34:37Z")
Zero, it’s a half-hour walk. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/17 "2012-04-02T09:48:40Z")
15 min. each way for me, no main arteries or bridges. It’s sweet for this area. The downside is that while I’m well served by public transportation, it takes more than twice as long and of course, more potential pitfalls, so I drive by myself. But at least that’s only a couple of gallons a week. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/18 "2012-04-02T09:54:29Z")
20 minutes door-to-door by train. No actual driving on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/19 "2012-04-02T10:45:19Z")
About an hour each way, so somewhere around 10 hours a week. I bumped it up a little because there’s usually traffic on the way home, making it probably closer to 11 or 12 hours total. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536/20 "2012-04-02T13:07:33Z")
About 35 minutes each way. Most of it is actually quite pleasant and relaxing. I sort of enjoy it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hours-do-you-drive-to-from-work-in-a-week/617536.md?page=2)