Commuting in La Paz 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 La Paz County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in La Paz County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 85 hours, about 3.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 54% less time on the road than the Arizona average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 12.2 minutes.
La Paz County holds about 0.2% of Arizona's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in La Paz County would save about 34 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,060 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)
La Paz County
10.3 min
20.5 min
85 hrs/yr
$2,649
496
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
10.3
minutes to get to work in
La Paz County.
That's 54% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Fastest county in Arizona
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in La Paz County
Car:
84.0%
Worked at Home:
11.0%
Walked:
3.6%
Other:
0.9%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in La Paz County: 9.5 times less than the Arizona average (0.1% vs 1.0%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in La Paz County, versus 0.2% in Arizona.
Biking is unusually rare in La Paz County: 4.5 times less than the Arizona average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in La Paz County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in La Paz 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
85.0%
3.9%
7.0%
2.4%
0.4%
0.2%
1.2%
0.0%
2010
83.7%
5.9%
6.2%
2.0%
0.8%
0.1%
1.2%
0.0%
2011
84.3%
5.0%
6.2%
2.0%
0.7%
0.3%
1.5%
0.0%
2012
84.9%
5.6%
6.1%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
1.3%
0.0%
2013
86.1%
5.9%
6.0%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
84.3%
9.2%
5.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
84.1%
7.4%
5.9%
0.3%
1.1%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
2016
83.2%
8.2%
6.1%
0.6%
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2017
79.7%
8.3%
8.2%
0.3%
1.6%
0.6%
1.3%
0.0%
2018
85.0%
5.9%
3.8%
0.4%
1.5%
0.7%
2.6%
0.0%
2019
88.1%
2.5%
4.4%
0.4%
1.5%
0.3%
2.7%
0.0%
2020
92.0%
2.4%
3.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%
2021
90.4%
3.7%
3.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%
2022
87.8%
6.9%
3.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
2023
83.9%
10.5%
4.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
84.0%
11.0%
3.6%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 92.0% and lowest in 2017 at 79.7%. Overall it fell from 85.0% in 2009 to 84.0% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in La Paz County: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 11.0% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.0% to 3.6% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Biking peaked at 2.7% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 0.1%.
Commute Start Times in La Paz County
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Arizona's 15 counties: 52.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in La Paz County?
The bars show when commuters in La Paz 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 AMLa Paz County14.2%Arizona8.5%
14.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLa Paz County3.2%Arizona5.8%
3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLa Paz County3.1%Arizona5.7%
3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLa Paz County6.8%Arizona9.2%
6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLa Paz County10.4%Arizona9.3%
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLa Paz County13.9%Arizona13.1%
13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLa Paz County15.6%Arizona10.1%
15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLa Paz County12.6%Arizona10.1%
12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLa Paz County3.2%Arizona4.2%
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLa Paz County6.2%Arizona5.9%
6.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLa Paz County1.9%Arizona2.9%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLa Paz County0.7%Arizona1.5%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLa Paz County5.2%Arizona7.0%
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLa Paz County3.1%Arizona6.5%
3.1%
La Paz CountyArizonaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in La Paz County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Arizona. Early starts are about as common as in Arizona: 20.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 20.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Arizona: 52.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 42.6% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.0%) 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 La Paz 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 La Paz 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 La Paz 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
La Paz County
Arizona
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:27 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:27 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:28 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:24 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:27 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:22 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:30 AM
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:27 AM
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in La Paz County were on the road by 7:27 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across Arizona, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in La Paz County now leave 11 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 La Paz County has moved 9 minutes later.
How does La Paz County's commute time compare?
Metric
La Paz County
Arizona
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
10.3 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
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.0%
18.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.6%
1.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
1.0%
3.2%
The average commute time in La Paz County is 10.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Arizona.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Arizona. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.7% in Arizona.
La Paz County, AZ Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
La Paz County, AZ is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 16,663 residents against a local median of 220,517. La Paz County, AZ's one-way commute, at 10.3 min, runs 44% below the 18.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 11.0% against a local median of 9.1%, 21% above it. The counties themselves spread 7.7 min on one-way commute, so La Paz County, AZ sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. La Paz County, AZ has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in La Paz County, Arizona.
What is the financial impact of commuting in La Paz County, Arizona?
Commuters here spend an estimated 85 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,649 at a typical national wage. That's 54% less than the typical Arizona commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in La Paz County, Arizona?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in La Paz County, Arizona. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in La Paz County, Arizona?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).