The typical commuter in 2000 left home between 6:30 a.m. and 8:29 a.m. and drove alone for 26 minutes to get to work. Overall, people were leaving home earlier and spending more time in traffic in 2000 than in previous censuses, an excellent selling point to buyers who may be balking at a long commute. According to Census, about 53 percent of all workers headed to their jobs between 6:30 a.m. and 8:29 a.m. Another 20 percent of workers departed for work between midnight and 6:29 a.m, up 2 percentage points or 4.8 million workers from a decade earlier, the largest hike in any time period of the day. Read More...