Inyo County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Inyo County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Inyo County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 93 hours, about 3.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 12.3 minutes.

Inyo County holds about 0.0% of California's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Inyo County would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,152 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)
Inyo County	11.1 min	22.3 min	93 hrs/yr	$2,880	246
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 11.1 minutes to get to work in Inyo County. That's 50% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Inyo County

• Car: 78.8%
• Worked at Home: 11.8%
• Walked: 3.6%
• Bicycle: 3.0% unusually high
• Other: 2.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.7% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Inyo County: 4.3 times less than the California average (0.7% vs 2.9%).

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

Biking is unusually common in Inyo County: 4.3 times more than the California average (3.0% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Inyo County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Inyo 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	Walked	Bicycle	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	82.1%	5.6%	6.9%	3.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	84.9%	5.2%	5.4%	3.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2011	84.5%	5.9%	4.8%	3.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.7%
2012	82.8%	5.8%	5.9%	4.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2013	81.7%	5.5%	7.1%	4.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.6%
2014	81.3%	5.0%	8.1%	4.0%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.6%
2015	79.1%	5.4%	9.2%	4.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	80.5%	3.9%	8.3%	5.6%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	81.9%	4.5%	7.2%	4.7%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	82.0%	4.1%	6.9%	5.3%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	81.2%	3.8%	8.0%	5.4%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	83.0%	4.9%	6.2%	4.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	81.2%	6.9%	5.9%	4.1%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	79.1%	9.8%	6.2%	3.2%	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	77.6%	12.4%	5.6%	2.7%	0.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	78.8%	11.8%	3.6%	3.0%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 84.9% and lowest in 2023 at 77.6%. Overall it fell from 82.1% in 2009 to 78.8% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Inyo County: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 11.8% in 2024, up 6.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.9% to 3.6% of workers (down 3.3 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 5.6% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 3.0%.

Commute Start Times in Inyo County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Inyo County?

The bars show when commuters in Inyo 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 Inyo County4.8% California6.7%	4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Inyo County5.1% California4.5%	5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Inyo County8.2% California4.5%	8.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Inyo County8.2% California8.4%	8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Inyo County11.2% California7.5%	11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Inyo County9.5% California13.1%	9.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Inyo County17.8% California10.2%	17.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Inyo County10.1% California12.6%	10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Inyo County3.1% California5.8%	3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Inyo County5.5% California8.6%	5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Inyo County3.7% California3.9%	3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Inyo County4.6% California1.8%	4.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Inyo County6.1% California6.9%	6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Inyo County2.2% California5.5%	2.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Inyo County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 18.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 48.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.0%) 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 Inyo 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 Inyo 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 Inyo 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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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Inyo County	California	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:37 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:38 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:37 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:41 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:40 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Inyo County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:34 AM). Across California the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Inyo County now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Inyo County's commute time compare?

Metric	Inyo County	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.1 min	23.5 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.8%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Inyo County is 11.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau