When are Americans on the move (not driving)?
On an average weekday, the share of Americans traveling, other than driving peaks at 5:00 PM, when 3.7% of people age 15 and older (about 9.2 million) are traveling, other than driving. On weekends it peaks at 12:00 PM (4.5%). Averaged over all days, Americans spend 22 min a day traveling, other than driving.
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Other travel by hour
Share and number of Americans traveling, other than driving at the top of each hour.
| Time | Weekdays | People | Weekends | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 AM | 0.4% | 1.0 million | 0.8% | 1.9 million |
| 1 AM | 0.2% | 488,000 | 0.4% | 962,000 |
| 2 AM | 0.2% | 396,000 | 0.3% | 683,000 |
| 3 AM | <0.1% | 245,000 | 0.1% | 341,000 |
| 4 AM | 0.1% | 350,000 | 0.2% | 436,000 |
| 5 AM | 0.4% | 1.0 million | 0.3% | 669,000 |
| 6 AM | 0.9% | 2.4 million | 0.5% | 1.2 million |
| 7 AM | 2.2% | 5.6 million | 1.0% | 2.6 million |
| 8 AM | 2.3% | 5.8 million | 1.7% | 4.4 million |
| 9 AM | 1.9% | 4.9 million | 2.8% | 7.0 million |
| 10 AM | 1.9% | 4.7 million | 3.3% | 8.3 million |
| 11 AM | 2.0% | 5.1 million | 3.7% | 9.3 million |
| 12 PM | 2.8% | 6.9 million | 4.5% | 11.3 million |
| 1 PM | 2.5% | 6.2 million | 4.1% | 10.2 million |
| 2 PM | 2.5% | 6.3 million | 4.0% | 10.1 million |
| 3 PM | 3.2% | 8.0 million | 4.0% | 10.1 million |
| 4 PM | 3.2% | 8.0 million | 4.2% | 10.6 million |
| 5 PM | 3.7% | 9.2 million | 4.2% | 10.6 million |
| 6 PM | 3.3% | 8.4 million | 3.8% | 9.5 million |
| 7 PM | 2.5% | 6.3 million | 3.1% | 7.8 million |
| 8 PM | 1.9% | 4.7 million | 2.6% | 6.5 million |
| 9 PM | 1.7% | 4.2 million | 2.1% | 5.2 million |
| 10 PM | 1.1% | 2.6 million | 1.6% | 4.0 million |
| 11 PM | 0.6% | 1.6 million | 1.1% | 2.9 million |
What it includes
Average time per weekday, for the activities in this group that take the most time.
- Travel related to working: 3 min a day
- Travel related to shopping (except grocery shopping): 3 min a day
- Travel related to eating and drinking: 2 min a day
- Travel related to socializing and communicating: 2 min a day
- Traveling, other: 1 min a day
- Travel related to taking class: 1 min a day
- Travel related to relaxing and leisure: 1 min a day
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About these numbers
Estimates come from all 258,954 diaries in the American Time Use Survey (Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau), 2003–2025, weighted to the U.S. civilian population age 15 and older and pooled across years. Times are local clock time. Counts are people on an average day of that type, not a live count. Weekdays are Monday–Friday. How the estimates work.