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Commuting in San Tan Valley, 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 San Tan Valley: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in San Tan Valley spend about 74 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 307 hours, about 12.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 64% more time on the road than the Arizona average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 14.3 minutes.

San Tan Valley holds about 1.4% of Arizona's population but accounts for roughly 2.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in San Tan Valley would save about 123 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,801 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)
San Tan Valley 36.8 min 73.6 min 307 hrs/yr $9,502 4,601
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.

San Tan Valley Commute Map

On average, it takes 36.8 minutes to get to work in San Tan Valley. That's 64% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 19.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in San Tan Valley

  • Car: 77.7%
  • Worked at Home: 19.8%
  • Walked: 1.0%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • Bicycle: 0.3%
  • Motorcycle: 0.2%
  • Taxi: 0.2%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in San Tan Valley: 2996751.5 times less than the Arizona average (0.0% vs 1.0%).

Commute Mode Trends in San Tan Valley, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in San Tan Valley 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 Bicycle Taxi Motorcycle Public Transportation
2009 92.7% 5.7% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1%
2010 92.9% 5.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2011 92.5% 5.9% 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.1%
2012 91.8% 6.4% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0% 0.1%
2013 92.1% 5.9% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.8% 0.2%
2014 92.3% 5.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.6% 0.2%
2015 91.7% 5.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.8% 0.2%
2016 92.2% 5.2% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.3%
2017 92.6% 5.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
2018 91.6% 5.8% 0.7% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
2019 90.4% 6.6% 0.9% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.3%
2020 87.9% 9.8% 0.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
2021 85.6% 12.3% 0.6% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2022 83.3% 14.9% 0.5% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2023 81.0% 16.7% 0.8% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2024 77.7% 19.8% 1.0% 0.8% 0.3% 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 2010 at 92.9%. Overall it fell from 92.7% in 2009 to 77.7% in 2024, down 15.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in San Tan Valley: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 19.8% in 2024, up 14.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in San Tan Valley

What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Tan Valley?

The bars show when commuters in San Tan Valley 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
12.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
9.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.3%

San Tan Valley Arizona Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in San Tan Valley is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Arizona. Early starts are more common than in Arizona: 27.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 20.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Arizona: 36.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 42.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 San Tan Valley, 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 San Tan Valley 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 San Tan Valley 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 San Tan Valley Arizona United States
2009 6:41 AM 7:23 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:50 AM 7:25 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:46 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:53 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:00 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:01 AM 7:27 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:04 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:06 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:10 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:07 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:08 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:02 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:58 AM 7:25 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:00 AM 7:26 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:06 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:04 AM 7:26 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in San Tan Valley were on the road by 7:04 AM, 23 minutes later than in 2009 (6:41 AM). The shift is sharper than across Arizona, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in San Tan Valley now leave 34 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 San Tan Valley has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does San Tan Valley's commute time compare?

Metric San Tan Valley Arizona US Average
Avg. Commute Time 36.8 min 22.4 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 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 19.8% 18.4% 15.0%
Walked 1.0% 1.7% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.0% 3.2%

The average commute time in San Tan Valley is 36.8 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Arizona.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.0% in Arizona. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.7% in Arizona.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

San Tan Valley, AZ Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How San Tan Valley, AZ compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
San Tan Valley, AZ 102,207 36.8 min #3/3 19.8% #3/3 7:04 AM #2/3
Queen Creek, AZ 67,869 30.8 min 23.8% 7:14 AM
Florence, AZ 22,129 30.5 min 24.4% 7:01 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in San Tan Valley, Arizona.

Is living in San Tan Valley, Arizona good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 307 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,502 at a typical national wage. That's 64% more than the typical Arizona commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in San Tan Valley, Arizona?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in San Tan Valley, 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 San Tan Valley, Arizona?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.0% in Arizona, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.