Commuting in Broomfield 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 Broomfield County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Broomfield County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.
Broomfield County holds about 1.3% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Broomfield County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 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)
Broomfield County
22.9 min
45.7 min
190 hrs/yr
$5,905
2,975
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.
On average, it takes
22.9
minutes to get to work in
Broomfield County.
That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 79% of counties in Colorado
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 29.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Broomfield County
Car:
65.4%
Worked at Home:
29.9%
Walked:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
1.3%
Other:
1.1%
Bicycle:
0.8%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Broomfield County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Broomfield 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
Public Transportation
Walked
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
88.4%
5.6%
3.2%
1.5%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
83.9%
7.7%
4.9%
1.5%
1.0%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
84.8%
7.5%
4.8%
1.1%
0.5%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
85.9%
6.9%
4.0%
1.2%
0.6%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
2013
84.9%
7.5%
4.6%
1.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
2014
85.3%
7.9%
4.2%
1.0%
0.8%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2015
85.8%
7.6%
4.0%
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
85.4%
8.0%
3.7%
1.0%
1.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2017
84.3%
9.3%
3.6%
1.1%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
83.5%
9.9%
3.6%
1.2%
1.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
82.1%
10.6%
4.5%
1.1%
1.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
78.9%
14.2%
3.6%
1.1%
1.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
73.8%
19.6%
3.2%
1.2%
1.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
70.9%
22.8%
2.9%
1.3%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
67.6%
26.9%
2.4%
1.2%
1.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
65.4%
29.9%
1.3%
1.3%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 88.4% in 2009 to 65.4% in 2024, down 23.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Broomfield County: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 29.9% in 2024, up 24.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 19.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 1.3% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Broomfield County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Broomfield County?
The bars show when commuters in Broomfield 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
12:00-4:59 AMBroomfield County4.1%Colorado4.6%
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBroomfield County2.1%Colorado3.6%
2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBroomfield County4.4%Colorado5.0%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBroomfield County7.4%Colorado8.5%
7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBroomfield County9.0%Colorado10.2%
9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBroomfield County12.9%Colorado15.3%
12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBroomfield County14.6%Colorado12.8%
14.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBroomfield County14.4%Colorado11.8%
14.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBroomfield County6.8%Colorado5.4%
6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBroomfield County6.5%Colorado6.9%
6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBroomfield County4.3%Colorado3.2%
4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBroomfield County1.4%Colorado1.5%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBroomfield County7.5%Colorado6.0%
7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBroomfield County4.6%Colorado5.2%
4.6%
Broomfield CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Broomfield County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 10.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush looks much like Colorado's: 50.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) 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 Broomfield 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 Broomfield 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 Broomfield 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
Broomfield County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:40 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:40 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:37 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:40 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:44 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:51 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Broomfield County were on the road by 7:51 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:38 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Broomfield County now leave 13 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 Broomfield County has moved 13 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Broomfield County in the whole series.
How does Broomfield County's commute time compare?
Metric
Broomfield County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.9 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
29.9%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.3%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Broomfield County is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
1.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Broomfield County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Broomfield County, CO is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 76,305 residents against a local median of 377,140. Nothing separates Broomfield County, CO sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 10% above the local median at 29.9% against 27.3%. Broomfield County, CO has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Broomfield County, Colorado.
Is living in Broomfield County, Colorado good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 190 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,905 at a typical national wage. That's 4% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Broomfield County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Broomfield County, Colorado. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is Broomfield County, Colorado a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 29.9% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Broomfield County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).