Commuting in Amador County, California: 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 Amador County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Amador County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 215 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.
Amador County holds about 0.1% of California's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Amador County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,672 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)
Amador County
25.9 min
51.7 min
215 hrs/yr
$6,679
909
California
23.5 min
47.0 min
196 hrs/yr
$6,065
2,449
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
25.9
minutes to get to work in
Amador County.
That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 84% of counties in California
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Amador County
Car:
82.3%
Worked at Home:
13.3%
Walked:
2.3%
Other:
1.0%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Public Transportation:
0.4%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Amador County: 6.7 times less than the California average (0.4% vs 2.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Amador County, versus 0.2% in California.
Commute Mode Trends in Amador County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Amador 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
90.2%
4.3%
3.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
2010
90.4%
4.9%
2.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
2011
87.8%
6.5%
2.9%
0.6%
0.3%
1.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2012
87.8%
6.4%
3.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
2013
88.6%
6.5%
2.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
2014
87.1%
7.1%
3.8%
1.1%
0.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
89.4%
5.6%
3.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
90.1%
5.7%
3.1%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.9%
6.4%
2.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
88.5%
7.6%
2.3%
0.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
87.6%
9.4%
1.7%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
86.7%
9.6%
1.9%
0.7%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
85.1%
11.4%
2.0%
0.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
83.7%
13.5%
1.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
82.4%
14.3%
2.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
82.3%
13.3%
2.3%
1.0%
0.5%
0.4%
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 90.4%. Overall it fell from 90.2% in 2009 to 82.3% in 2024, down 7.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Amador County: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 13.3% in 2024, up 9.0 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 2.3% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 14.3% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 13.3%.
Commute Start Times in Amador County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Amador County?
The bars show when commuters in Amador 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 California for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAmador County8.0%California6.7%
8.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAmador County5.2%California4.5%
5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAmador County3.5%California4.5%
3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAmador County6.5%California8.4%
6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAmador County9.8%California7.5%
9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAmador County17.8%California13.1%
17.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAmador County10.7%California10.2%
10.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAmador County9.2%California12.6%
9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAmador County4.6%California5.8%
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAmador County5.8%California8.6%
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAmador County2.5%California3.9%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAmador County3.1%California1.8%
3.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAmador County8.6%California6.9%
8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAmador County4.8%California5.5%
4.8%
Amador CountyCaliforniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Amador County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are about as common as in California: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 47.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.8%) 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 Amador 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 Amador 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 Amador County next to California 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
Amador County
California
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:31 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:32 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:31 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:23 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:24 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:23 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:27 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:29 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Amador County were on the road by 7:29 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). California followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Amador County now leave 9 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 Amador County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Amador County's commute time compare?
Metric
Amador County
California
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.9 min
23.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.3%
17.2%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
2.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
2.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Amador County is 25.9 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 2.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.
Amador County, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Amador County, CA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 41,428 residents against a local median of 418,934. Amador County, CA's work from home, at 13.3%, runs 31% below the 19.1% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 12.1% on work from home, so Amador County, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Amador County, CA has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Amador County, California.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Amador County, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 215 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,679 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical California commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Amador County, California?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Amador County, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Amador County, California?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in California?
Among counties in California, the shortest average commutes are in Inyo County (11.1 min), Mono County (12.0 min), Del Norte County (12.1 min). The longest are in Alpine County (31.3 min), San Benito County (31.2 min), Contra Costa County (31.0 min).