Commuting in Gila 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 Gila County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Gila County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 112 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% less time on the road than the Arizona average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 9.0 minutes.
Gila County holds about 0.7% of Arizona's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Gila County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,385 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)
Gila County
13.4 min
26.8 min
112 hrs/yr
$3,463
373
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
13.4
minutes to get to work in
Gila County.
That's 40% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in Arizona
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Gila County
Car:
83.6%
Worked at Home:
12.2%
Walked:
2.3%
Other:
1.2%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Gila County: 5.8 times less than the Arizona average (0.2% vs 1.0%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Gila County: 10.5 times less than the Arizona average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Gila County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Gila 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
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
88.6%
5.6%
4.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2010
88.0%
5.5%
4.0%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
1.4%
0.0%
2011
90.0%
4.4%
2.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.4%
1.1%
0.0%
2012
87.1%
5.2%
3.8%
1.7%
0.5%
0.4%
1.4%
0.0%
2013
87.7%
4.8%
3.8%
1.8%
0.5%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
2014
87.6%
4.8%
4.1%
1.9%
0.4%
0.3%
0.8%
0.0%
2015
89.3%
4.8%
3.1%
1.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
88.8%
5.4%
3.7%
1.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
91.0%
5.0%
2.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
91.6%
4.7%
2.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
91.9%
5.2%
1.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.0%
6.6%
1.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
90.9%
7.3%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
87.8%
8.8%
2.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
85.2%
11.0%
2.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2024
83.6%
12.2%
2.3%
1.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 91.9%. Overall it fell from 88.6% in 2009 to 83.6% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Gila County: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 12.2% in 2024, up 6.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.1% to 2.3% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Gila County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gila County?
The bars show when commuters in Gila 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 AMGila County10.1%Arizona8.5%
10.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGila County7.3%Arizona5.8%
7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGila County5.4%Arizona5.7%
5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGila County7.7%Arizona9.2%
7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGila County12.0%Arizona9.3%
12.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGila County12.2%Arizona13.1%
12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGila County13.3%Arizona10.1%
13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGila County5.7%Arizona10.1%
5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGila County4.0%Arizona4.2%
4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGila County3.3%Arizona5.9%
3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGila County3.8%Arizona2.9%
3.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGila County1.3%Arizona1.5%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGila County8.3%Arizona7.0%
8.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGila County5.4%Arizona6.5%
5.4%
Gila CountyArizonaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Gila County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Arizona. Early starts are more common than in Arizona: 22.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 20.1% there. The morning rush looks much like Arizona's: 43.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 42.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.2%) 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 Gila 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 Gila 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 Gila 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
Gila County
Arizona
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:22 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:19 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:20 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:29 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:24 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:23 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:26 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Gila County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Arizona, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Gila County now leave 19 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Gila County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Gila County in the whole series.
How does Gila County's commute time compare?
Metric
Gila County
Arizona
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.4 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
12.2%
18.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
1.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in Gila County is 13.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Arizona.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Arizona. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.7% in Arizona.
Gila County, AZ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Gila County, AZ is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 53,793 residents against a local median of 105,853. The measure that sets Gila County, AZ apart most is work from home: 12.2%, 35% above the local median of 9.1%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.4 min against a local median of 17.2 min, 22% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 22% below the local median it puts Gila County, AZ at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 19.8% on work from home, so Gila County, AZ sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Gila County, AZ has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Gila County, Arizona.
Is commuting expensive in Gila County, Arizona?
Commuters here spend an estimated 112 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,463 at a typical national wage. That's 40% less than the typical Arizona commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Gila County, Arizona?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Gila County, Arizona. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Gila County, Arizona?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Arizona, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Arizona have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).