Commuting in Coconino County, Arizona: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Coconino County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Coconino County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 130 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Arizona average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.
Coconino County holds about 2.0% of Arizona's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Coconino County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,610 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Coconino County
15.6 min
31.2 min
130 hrs/yr
$4,025
462
Arizona
22.4 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,798
1,948
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
15.6
minutes to get to work in
Coconino County.
That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Arizona
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Coconino County
Car:
75.8%
Worked at Home:
12.9%
Walked:
7.2%unusually high
Bicycle:
1.5%unusually high
Public Transportation:
1.5%
Other:
0.8%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Walking is unusually common in Coconino County: 4.4 times more than the Arizona average (7.2% vs 1.7%).
Biking is unusually common in Coconino County: 3.1 times more than the Arizona average (1.5% vs 0.5%).
Coconino County stands out for active commuting: 8.7% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.1 times the Arizona average of 2.1%.
Commute Mode Trends in Coconino County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Coconino County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
82.5%
5.8%
6.9%
0.8%
2.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.4%
2010
82.1%
6.3%
6.8%
0.9%
2.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
2011
80.3%
6.2%
8.2%
1.2%
2.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.4%
2012
80.0%
6.3%
8.4%
1.4%
2.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
2013
81.2%
5.4%
7.8%
1.8%
2.6%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
2014
80.3%
5.3%
8.2%
1.9%
2.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
2015
80.1%
5.0%
8.6%
1.9%
2.8%
1.1%
0.4%
0.2%
2016
80.7%
5.1%
8.1%
1.6%
2.5%
1.4%
0.3%
0.2%
2017
81.3%
4.8%
8.6%
1.5%
2.2%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2018
80.7%
4.7%
9.1%
1.5%
2.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2019
80.7%
5.3%
9.0%
1.6%
1.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
2020
80.6%
6.9%
8.4%
1.6%
1.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
78.6%
8.5%
8.4%
1.6%
1.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
78.5%
9.5%
7.5%
1.9%
1.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
76.7%
11.6%
7.4%
1.9%
1.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
75.8%
12.9%
7.2%
1.5%
1.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 82.5% in 2009 to 75.8% in 2024, down 6.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Coconino County: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 12.9% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 1.5% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 9.1% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 7.2%.
Commute Start Times in Coconino County
🦉Night OwlThe latest start among Arizona's 15 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:48 AM.
😴Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Arizona's 15 counties: 27.0% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Coconino County?
The bars show when commuters in Coconino County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Arizona for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMCoconino County6.3%Arizona8.5%
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCoconino County4.1%Arizona5.8%
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCoconino County4.6%Arizona5.7%
4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCoconino County6.4%Arizona9.2%
6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCoconino County8.8%Arizona9.3%
8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCoconino County11.4%Arizona13.1%
11.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCoconino County13.8%Arizona10.1%
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCoconino County13.0%Arizona10.1%
13.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCoconino County4.4%Arizona4.2%
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCoconino County6.3%Arizona5.9%
6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCoconino County3.1%Arizona2.9%
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCoconino County2.1%Arizona1.5%
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCoconino County8.9%Arizona7.0%
8.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCoconino County6.7%Arizona6.5%
6.7%
Coconino CountyArizonaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Coconino County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Arizona. Early starts are less common than in Arizona: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 20.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Arizona: 47.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 42.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.0%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Coconino County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Coconino County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Coconino County next to Arizona and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Coconino County
Arizona
United States
2009
7:46 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:48 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:50 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:50 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:49 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:50 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:48 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:46 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:45 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:48 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:48 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:51 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:50 AM
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:50 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:47 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:48 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Coconino County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:46 AM). Arizona followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Coconino County now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Coconino County's commute time compare?
Metric
Coconino County
Arizona
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.6 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
12.9%
18.4%
15.0%
Walked
7.2%
1.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.5%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Coconino County is 15.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Arizona.
1.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.0% in Arizona. 7.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.7% in Arizona.
Coconino County, AZ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Coconino County, AZ is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 144,211 residents against a local median of 105,853. The measure that sets Coconino County, AZ apart most is work from home: 12.9%, 29% above the local median of 10.0%.
The counties themselves spread 10.4% on work from home, so Coconino County, AZ sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Coconino County, AZ has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Coconino County, Arizona.
Is living in Coconino County, Arizona good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 130 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,025 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Arizona commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Coconino County, Arizona?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Coconino County, Arizona. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Arizona?
Among counties in Arizona, the shortest average commutes are in La Paz County (10.3 min), Gila County (13.4 min), Greenlee County (13.9 min). The longest are in Pinal County (31.0 min), Maricopa County (23.1 min), Pima County (22.2 min).