Shasta County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Shasta County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Shasta County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 137 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 7.1 minutes.

Shasta County holds about 0.5% of California's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Shasta County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,695 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)
Shasta County	16.4 min	32.8 min	137 hrs/yr	$4,238	820
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 16.4 minutes to get to work in Shasta County. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 81% of counties in California

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Shasta County

• Car: 86.1%
• Worked at Home: 9.7%
• Walked: 2.1%
• Bicycle: 0.7%
• Public Transportation: 0.5% unusually low
• Other: 0.5%
• Motorcycle: 0.3%
• Taxi: 0.1%

Public transit is unusually rare in Shasta County: 5.3 times less than the California average (0.5% vs 2.9%).

Commute Mode Trends in Shasta County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Shasta 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Bicycle
• Public Transportation
• Other
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	90.3%	4.8%	2.0%	0.4%	0.7%	1.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2010	89.7%	5.3%	2.0%	0.5%	0.7%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2011	89.1%	5.7%	2.3%	0.6%	0.7%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	88.9%	5.9%	2.4%	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%
2013	89.3%	5.8%	2.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%
2014	89.9%	5.7%	2.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	90.0%	5.5%	2.1%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2016	90.0%	5.2%	2.2%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%
2017	89.5%	5.8%	2.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%
2018	89.6%	5.6%	2.2%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%
2019	89.6%	5.9%	2.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%
2020	89.6%	6.2%	2.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	88.2%	7.4%	2.3%	0.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2022	88.1%	7.4%	2.2%	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2023	87.2%	8.6%	2.0%	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	86.1%	9.7%	2.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.3% in 2009 to 86.1% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Shasta County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 9.7% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Shasta County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Shasta County?

The bars show when commuters in Shasta 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 Shasta County6.4% California6.7%	6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Shasta County3.5% California4.5%	3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Shasta County4.8% California4.5%	4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Shasta County6.5% California8.4%	6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Shasta County8.8% California7.5%	8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Shasta County13.9% California13.1%	13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Shasta County17.4% California10.2%	17.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Shasta County11.5% California12.6%	11.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Shasta County4.3% California5.8%	4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Shasta County6.4% California8.6%	6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Shasta County3.2% California3.9%	3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Shasta County1.5% California1.8%	1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Shasta County6.3% California6.9%	6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Shasta County5.6% California5.5%	5.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Shasta County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across California. Early starts are less common than in California: 14.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 51.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.9%) 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 Shasta 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 Shasta 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 Shasta 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.

• Shasta County
• California
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

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

In 2024, half of commuters in Shasta County were on the road by 7:41 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). Across California the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Shasta County now leave 3 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Shasta County's commute time compare?

Metric	Shasta County	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.4 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.7%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Shasta County is 16.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 2.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau