How many minutes is the average drive to work in Brighton?
Map AI9/10/26, 12:06 PM
Commute Time Burden in Brighton: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Brighton spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 255 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting.
That is 38% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.2 minutes each way, a difference of 8.4 minutes.
Brighton holds about 0.6% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Brighton would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,157 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)
Brighton
30.6 min
61.1 min
255 hrs/yr
$7,892
2,749
Colorado
22.2 min
44.3 min
185 hrs/yr
$5,727
1,277
United States
22.5 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,803
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.
Brighton Commute Map
On average, it takes
30.6
minutes to get to work in
Brighton.
That's 36% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
,
followed by
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 10.4%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
86.3%
Worked at Home:
10.4%
Public Transportation:
1.6%
Other:
1.1%
Bicycle:
0.3%unusually low
Walked:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle commuting is unusually low in Brighton: 3.9 times less than the Colorado average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Walked commuting is unusually low in Brighton: 13.1 times less than the Colorado average (0.2% vs 2.5%).
Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Brighton, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Brighton: 3.4 times less than the Colorado average (0.3% vs 0.9%).
Few people walk or bike to work in Brighton: just 0.5%, 7.4 times below the Colorado average of 3.5%.
How does Brighton's commute time compare?
Metric
Brighton
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.6 min
22.2 min
22.5 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 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
10.4%
18.8%
13.4%
Walked
0.2%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.6%
1.9%
3.5%
The average commute time in Brighton is 30.6 minutes, longer than the 22.2 minutes in Colorado.
1.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.9% in Colorado. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Common questions about commuting in Brighton, Colorado.
Is living in Brighton, Colorado good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 255 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,892 at a typical national wage. That's 38% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Brighton, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Brighton, 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.