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Commuting in Modoc 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 Modoc County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Modoc County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 110 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 10.3 minutes.

Modoc 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 Modoc County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,364 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)
Modoc County 13.2 min 26.4 min 110 hrs/yr $3,410 130
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.

Commute Time Map: California Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in California
  1. Inyo County (11.1 min)
  2. Mono County (12.0 min)
  3. Del Norte County (12.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in California
  1. Alpine County (31.3 min)
  2. San Benito County (31.2 min)
  3. Contra Costa County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Modoc County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 13.2 minutes to get to work in Modoc County. That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in California

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Modoc County

  • Car: 78.4%
  • Worked at Home: 11.9%
  • Walked: 8.2% unusually high
  • Other: 1.5%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually common in Modoc County: 3.5 times more than the California average (8.2% vs 2.4%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Modoc County, versus 2.9% in California.

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

Biking is unusually rare in Modoc County: 4123819568.0 times less than the California average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Modoc County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Modoc 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 77.1% 9.2% 10.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7%
2010 76.0% 10.0% 10.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 2.2%
2011 73.2% 11.9% 10.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.4%
2012 75.6% 10.9% 9.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.2%
2013 75.9% 12.1% 7.7% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1% 2.0%
2014 79.6% 10.6% 7.1% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 1.5% 0.2%
2015 78.3% 12.8% 6.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.9% 0.3%
2016 78.9% 13.5% 6.3% 0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2017 77.8% 15.1% 5.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 76.8% 16.7% 5.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2019 79.4% 13.8% 5.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2020 79.0% 15.2% 4.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2021 79.4% 14.6% 4.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2022 81.8% 10.6% 6.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2023 80.9% 11.6% 6.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 78.4% 11.9% 8.2% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 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 2022 at 81.8% and lowest in 2011 at 73.2%. Overall it rose from 77.1% in 2009 to 78.4% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Modoc County: its share of workers rose from 9.2% in 2009 to 11.9% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 10.0% to 8.2% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 16.7% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 11.9%.

Commute Start Times in Modoc County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among California's 58 counties: 54.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among California's 58 counties: the typical start is 14 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Modoc County?

The bars show when commuters in Modoc 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
5.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
20.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Modoc County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 20.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.6% across California. Early starts are less common than in California: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 54.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 Modoc 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 Modoc 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 Modoc 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 Modoc County California United States
2009 7:43 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:40 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:39 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:39 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:45 AM 7:43 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:47 AM 7:43 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:43 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:43 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:41 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:35 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:30 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:34 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:36 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:46 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:00 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:58 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Modoc County were on the road by 7:58 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Modoc County now leave 20 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Modoc County has moved 28 minutes later.

How does Modoc County's commute time compare?

Metric Modoc County California US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.2 min 23.5 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 11.9% 17.2% 15.0%
Walked 8.2% 2.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 2.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Modoc County is 13.2 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 8.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Modoc County, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Modoc County, CA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,600 residents against a local median of 70,242. The measure that sets Modoc County, CA apart most is work from home: 11.9%, 36% above the local median of 8.8%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.2 min against a local median of 16.0 min, 17% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 17% below the local median it puts Modoc County, CA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.7% on work from home, so Modoc County, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Modoc County, CA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Modoc County, CA 8,600 13.2 min #2/6 11.9% #2/6 7:58 AM #6/6
Lassen County, CA 30,356 16.0 min 7.0% 7:12 AM
Lake County, OR 8,267 7.7 min 8.4% 7:30 AM
Washoe County, NV 497,175 20.4 min 12.6% 7:38 AM
Klamath County, OR 70,242 15.3 min 8.8% 7:33 AM
Shasta County, CA 181,436 16.4 min 9.7% 7:41 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Modoc County, California.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Modoc County, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 110 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,410 at a typical national wage. That's 44% less than the typical California commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Modoc County, California?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Modoc County, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Modoc County, California?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).