Colusa County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Colusa County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Colusa County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

Colusa County holds about 0.1% of California's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Colusa County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,921 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)
Colusa County	18.6 min	37.2 min	155 hrs/yr	$4,803	319
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.

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On average, it takes 18.6 minutes to get to work in Colusa County. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Colusa County

• Car: 92.2% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 5.3% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.8% unusually low
• Other: 0.8%
• Walked: 0.7% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Colusa County, versus 0.2% in California.

Driving is 23% more common in Colusa County than the California average (92.2% vs 75.2%).

Walking is unusually rare in Colusa County: 3.2 times less than the California average (0.7% vs 2.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Colusa County: 3.4 times less than the California average (0.8% vs 2.9%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Colusa County, versus 0.2% in California.

Working from home is unusually rare in Colusa County: 3.3 times less than the California average (5.3% vs 17.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Colusa County: 3.7 times less than the California average (0.2% vs 0.7%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Colusa County: just 0.9%, 3.3 times below the California average of 3.1%.

Commute Mode Trends in Colusa County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Colusa 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.5%	2.7%	0.4%	0.5%	4.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.5%
2010	90.7%	2.7%	0.5%	0.7%	4.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	91.7%	3.0%	0.3%	0.6%	3.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	92.5%	3.0%	0.2%	0.5%	3.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	92.8%	3.4%	0.1%	0.3%	2.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	91.8%	4.2%	0.5%	0.6%	2.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.4%	4.9%	0.3%	0.5%	2.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.6%	4.9%	0.3%	0.5%	2.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.1%	4.5%	0.3%	1.0%	2.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.7%	4.3%	0.4%	1.0%	2.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.6%	4.2%	0.1%	0.9%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	92.3%	4.6%	0.1%	1.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	91.1%	5.2%	0.3%	1.5%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.2%	5.1%	0.5%	0.7%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.2%	5.6%	0.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.2%	5.3%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 92.8%. Overall it rose from 90.5% in 2009 to 92.2% in 2024, up 1.7 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Colusa County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 5.3% in 2024, up 2.6 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.3% to 0.7% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Colusa County

• 🐦 Early BirdThe earliest start among California's 58 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:59 AM.
• 🌅 Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among California's 58 counties: 27.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Colusa County?

The bars show when commuters in Colusa 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 AM Colusa County7.8% California6.7%	7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Colusa County9.6% California4.5%	9.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Colusa County9.6% California4.5%	9.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Colusa County11.9% California8.4%	11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Colusa County11.4% California7.5%	11.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Colusa County15.6% California13.1%	15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Colusa County11.4% California10.2%	11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Colusa County8.0% California12.6%	8.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Colusa County2.4% California5.8%	2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Colusa County2.0% California8.6%	2.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Colusa County1.8% California3.9%	1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Colusa County1.2% California1.8%	1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Colusa County4.1% California6.9%	4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Colusa County3.2% California5.5%	3.2%

Colusa County California Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Colusa County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 27.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 46.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.3%) 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 Colusa 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 Colusa 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 Colusa 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.

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• California
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Colusa County	California	United States
2009	6:57 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:59 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:07 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:11 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:13 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:15 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:11 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:10 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:05 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:58 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:01 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:02 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:04 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:05 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:04 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:59 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Colusa County were on the road by 6:59 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (6:57 AM). Across California the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Colusa County now leave 39 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Colusa County's commute time compare?

Metric	Colusa County	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.6 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.3%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Colusa County is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau