Commuting in Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clear Creek County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 254 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 38% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 8.4 minutes.
Clear Creek County holds about 0.2% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clear Creek County would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,146 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)
Clear Creek County
30.4 min
60.9 min
254 hrs/yr
$7,866
698
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
30.4
minutes to get to work in
Clear Creek County.
That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 5 slowest counties in Colorado
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clear Creek County
Car:
70.3%
Worked at Home:
24.2%
Walked:
3.9%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Other:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Clear Creek County: 518154063.0 times less than the Colorado average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Clear Creek County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Biking is essentially absent in Clear Creek County, versus 0.9% in Colorado.
Commute Mode Trends in Clear Creek County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clear Creek 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
Public Transportation
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
82.5%
7.2%
5.7%
0.9%
1.8%
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
2010
83.7%
7.4%
4.3%
1.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
2011
82.9%
8.4%
5.4%
1.2%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2012
82.1%
10.1%
5.0%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
80.1%
10.1%
6.1%
1.4%
1.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2014
76.8%
14.3%
4.5%
1.8%
1.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2015
77.8%
13.0%
5.5%
1.2%
1.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.6%
2016
76.5%
14.1%
4.6%
1.6%
1.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.8%
2017
77.5%
14.9%
4.0%
0.5%
2.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.8%
2018
78.2%
16.0%
2.7%
0.6%
1.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.9%
2019
79.6%
12.9%
5.0%
0.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.7%
2020
76.8%
15.4%
5.5%
0.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
2021
73.7%
17.6%
7.2%
0.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
70.2%
20.9%
8.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
68.8%
21.3%
8.2%
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
70.3%
24.2%
3.9%
1.0%
0.7%
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 2010 at 83.7% and lowest in 2023 at 68.8%. Overall it fell from 82.5% in 2009 to 70.3% in 2024, down 12.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clear Creek County: its share of workers rose from 7.2% in 2009 to 24.2% in 2024, up 17.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.7% to 3.9% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Public transit overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Clear Creek County
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Colorado's 64 counties: only 41.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Colorado's 64 counties: the typical start is 23 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clear Creek County?
The bars show when commuters in Clear Creek 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 AMClear Creek County6.1%Colorado4.6%
6.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClear Creek County4.2%Colorado3.6%
4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClear Creek County4.4%Colorado5.0%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClear Creek County9.9%Colorado8.5%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClear Creek County6.4%Colorado10.2%
6.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClear Creek County10.1%Colorado15.3%
10.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClear Creek County10.4%Colorado12.8%
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClear Creek County14.9%Colorado11.8%
14.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClear Creek County5.9%Colorado5.4%
5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClear Creek County8.8%Colorado6.9%
8.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClear Creek County5.2%Colorado3.2%
5.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClear Creek County4.6%Colorado1.5%
4.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClear Creek County6.7%Colorado6.0%
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClear Creek County2.3%Colorado5.2%
2.3%
Clear Creek CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clear Creek County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Colorado: 41.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.6%) 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 Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek 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
Clear Creek County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:30 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:54 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:56 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clear Creek County were on the road by 7:56 AM, 23 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Clear Creek County now leave 18 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 Clear Creek County has moved 26 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Clear Creek County in the whole series.
How does Clear Creek County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clear Creek County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.4 min
22.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
24.2%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
3.9%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clear Creek County is 30.4 minutes, longer than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 3.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Clear Creek County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clear Creek County, CO is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 9,259 residents against a local median of 31,017. The measure that sets Clear Creek County, CO apart most is one-way commute: 30.4 min, 30% above the local median of 23.4 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 25.2 min on one-way commute, so Clear Creek County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clear Creek County, CO has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
Is living in Clear Creek County, Colorado good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 254 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,866 at a typical national wage. That's 38% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Clear Creek County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across 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).