Commuting in Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Tuolumne 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 154 hours, about 6.4 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 5.0 minutes.
Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,907 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)
Tuolumne County
18.5 min
36.9 min
154 hrs/yr
$4,767
741
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
18.5
minutes to get to work in
Tuolumne County.
That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 11.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Tuolumne County
Car:
83.7%
Worked at Home:
11.7%
Walked:
3.8%
Other:
0.4%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Tuolumne County: 81.9 times less than the California average (0.0% vs 2.9%).
Biking is essentially absent in Tuolumne County, versus 0.7% in California.
Commute Mode Trends in Tuolumne County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Tuolumne 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Bicycle
2009
90.0%
5.5%
2.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.6%
0.4%
2010
89.3%
5.8%
2.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.7%
0.5%
2011
88.7%
5.1%
3.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
0.9%
0.4%
2012
89.5%
5.0%
3.2%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.7%
0.4%
2013
87.5%
6.3%
4.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
2014
88.4%
6.7%
3.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
2015
88.0%
8.0%
2.3%
0.8%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
2016
88.6%
7.2%
2.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
2017
88.8%
6.5%
2.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.6%
0.2%
2018
90.7%
5.2%
1.9%
1.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
2019
89.6%
5.9%
2.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
0.3%
2020
88.7%
6.8%
2.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.2%
2021
86.1%
9.2%
3.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
2022
84.1%
11.0%
3.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2023
83.6%
12.0%
3.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2024
83.7%
11.7%
3.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
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 2018 at 90.7% and lowest in 2023 at 83.6%. Overall it fell from 90.0% in 2009 to 83.7% in 2024, down 6.3 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Tuolumne County: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 11.7% in 2024, up 6.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Tuolumne County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tuolumne County?
The bars show when commuters in Tuolumne 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 AMTuolumne County7.5%California6.7%
7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMTuolumne County4.8%California4.5%
4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMTuolumne County3.9%California4.5%
3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMTuolumne County8.4%California8.4%
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMTuolumne County10.9%California7.5%
10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMTuolumne County13.6%California13.1%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMTuolumne County15.5%California10.2%
15.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMTuolumne County8.9%California12.6%
8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMTuolumne County3.3%California5.8%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMTuolumne County5.8%California8.6%
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMTuolumne County2.6%California3.9%
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMTuolumne County0.9%California1.8%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMTuolumne County7.2%California6.9%
7.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMTuolumne County6.6%California5.5%
6.6%
Tuolumne CountyCaliforniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Tuolumne County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across California. Early starts are about as common as in California: 16.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 49.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.1%) 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 Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne 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
Tuolumne County
California
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:35 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:35 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:40 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:45 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:37 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Tuolumne County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Tuolumne County now leave 6 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 Tuolumne County has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Tuolumne County in the whole series.
How does Tuolumne County's commute time compare?
Metric
Tuolumne County
California
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.5 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
11.7%
17.2%
15.0%
Walked
3.8%
2.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
2.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Tuolumne County is 18.5 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.
Tuolumne County, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Tuolumne County, CA is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 54,498 residents against a local median of 41,428. Where Tuolumne County, CA breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 29% below the local median of 25.9 min at 18.5 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 9.6 min on one-way commute, so Tuolumne County, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Tuolumne County, CA has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Tuolumne County, California.
Is commuting expensive in Tuolumne County, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,767 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical California commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Tuolumne County, California?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Tuolumne 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Tuolumne 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.
How do commute times compare across 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).