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Commuting in Baca County, Colorado: 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 Baca County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Baca County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.1 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Baca County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,650 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)
Baca County 16.0 min 31.9 min 133 hrs/yr $4,126 94
Colorado 22.0 min 44.1 min 184 hrs/yr $5,694 1,277
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: Colorado Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Colorado
  1. Hinsdale County (6.6 min)
  2. Prowers County (7.6 min)
  3. Cheyenne County (7.7 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Colorado
  1. Park County (42.5 min)
  2. Elbert County (41.5 min)
  3. Teller County (31.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Baca County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.0 minutes to get to work in Baca County. That's 29% 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 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Baca County

  • Car: 86.2%
  • Worked at Home: 7.9%
  • Walked: 4.4%
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Baca County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.

Public transit is essentially absent in Baca County, versus 1.6% in Colorado.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Baca County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.

Commute Mode Trends in Baca County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Baca 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 Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 82.5% 9.9% 6.2% 0.2% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 79.1% 11.7% 7.2% 0.6% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 78.9% 12.4% 6.9% 0.8% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 77.9% 12.5% 7.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 77.7% 12.3% 8.8% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 78.3% 11.2% 9.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 79.1% 8.9% 10.1% 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 80.9% 8.0% 9.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 81.1% 8.3% 9.3% 0.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 85.1% 7.3% 5.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 85.4% 8.2% 5.0% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 87.5% 6.7% 5.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 86.5% 6.8% 5.3% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.6% 6.7% 4.2% 1.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 86.9% 6.9% 4.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.2% 7.9% 4.4% 1.0% 0.5% 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 87.6% and lowest in 2013 at 77.7%. Overall it rose from 82.5% in 2009 to 86.2% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 9.9% to 7.9% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 10.1% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 4.4%.

Commute Start Times in Baca County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Colorado's 64 counties: 67.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Baca County?

The bars show when commuters in Baca 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 Colorado for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
4.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
1.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
14.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
20.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
22.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
1.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.8%

Baca County Colorado Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Baca County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 8.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 67.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (13.1%) 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 Baca 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 Baca 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 Baca County next to Colorado 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 Baca County Colorado United States
2009 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:24 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:21 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:21 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:23 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:25 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:22 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:23 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:29 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:31 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Baca County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Baca County now leave 9 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 Baca County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Baca County's commute time compare?

Metric Baca County Colorado US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.0 min 22.0 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.9% 21.0% 15.0%
Walked 4.4% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Baca County is 16.0 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 4.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Baca County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Baca County, CO is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,363 residents against a local median of 2,611. Baca County, CO's one-way commute, at 16.0 min, runs 105% above the 7.8 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.9% against a local median of 6.4%, 24% above it. The counties themselves spread 10.7 min on one-way commute, so Baca County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Baca County, CO has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Baca County, CO 1,363 16.0 min #6/6 7.9% #3/6 7:28 AM #4/6
Cimarron County, OK 2,218 4.8 min 20.1% 7:39 AM
Prowers County, CO 11,910 7.6 min 6.2% 7:33 AM
Morton County, KS 2,611 15.0 min 8.6% 7:21 AM
Stanton County, KS 2,038 7.8 min 3.3% 7:10 AM
Bent County, CO 5,549 15.5 min 6.4% 7:16 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Baca County, Colorado.

Is living in Baca County, Colorado good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 133 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,126 at a typical national wage. That's 28% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Baca County, Colorado?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Baca County, Colorado. 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 Baca County, Colorado?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Colorado, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Colorado?

Among counties in Colorado, the shortest average commutes are in Hinsdale County (6.6 min), Prowers County (7.6 min), Cheyenne County (7.7 min). The longest are in Park County (42.5 min), Elbert County (41.5 min), Teller County (31.3 min).