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Crowley County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Crowley 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 Crowley County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Crowley County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

Crowley County holds about 0.1% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Crowley County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,683 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)
Crowley County 26.0 min 51.9 min 216 hrs/yr $6,707 232
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

Crowley County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.0 minutes to get to work in Crowley County. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 90% of counties in Colorado

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Crowley County

  • Car: 80.8%
  • Worked at Home: 15.9%
  • Walked: 2.2%
  • Bicycle: 1.0%
  • Other: 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Crowley County: 11941947368.9 times less than the Colorado average (0.0% vs 1.6%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Crowley County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Crowley 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 Bicycle Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 90.1% 2.2% 5.9% 0.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 88.8% 2.1% 7.2% 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 87.9% 3.0% 7.2% 0.4% 1.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 87.1% 3.2% 7.2% 0.7% 1.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 90.7% 2.9% 5.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 88.0% 3.0% 8.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2015 89.9% 2.3% 7.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 88.5% 2.4% 8.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2017 87.8% 5.6% 6.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2018 87.4% 6.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 90.0% 5.4% 3.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 88.3% 8.4% 2.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 87.6% 8.5% 1.5% 1.8% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.6% 9.3% 1.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 85.5% 10.8% 1.7% 1.3% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 80.8% 15.9% 2.2% 1.0% 0.1% 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 peaked in 2013 at 90.7%. Overall it fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 80.8% in 2024, down 9.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Crowley County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 15.9% in 2024, up 13.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.9% to 2.2% of workers (down 3.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Crowley County

  • Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Colorado's 64 counties: 24.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Colorado's 64 counties: only 40.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Colorado's 64 counties: the typical start is 36 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crowley County?

The bars show when commuters in Crowley 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
3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
10.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
10.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
20.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Crowley County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 24.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Colorado: 40.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.8%) 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 Crowley 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 Crowley 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 Crowley 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 Crowley County Colorado United States
2009 7:56 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:49 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 7:44 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:45 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:51 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:54 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:51 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:48 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:49 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:45 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:44 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:24 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:20 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Crowley County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 36 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:56 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Crowley County now leave 18 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 Crowley County has moved 28 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Crowley County in the whole series.

How does Crowley County's commute time compare?

Metric Crowley County Colorado US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.0 min 22.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 15.9% 21.0% 15.0%
Walked 2.2% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Crowley County is 26.0 minutes, longer than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 2.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Crowley County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Crowley County, CO is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,647 residents against a local median of 18,321. The measure that sets Crowley County, CO apart most is work from home: 15.9%, 84% above the local median of 8.6%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 26.0 min against a local median of 15.5 min, 68% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 68% above the local median it puts Crowley County, CO at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 10.7% on work from home, so Crowley County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crowley County, CO has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Crowley County, CO 5,647 26.0 min #6/6 15.9% #2/6 7:20 AM #2/6
Otero County, CO 18,321 12.5 min 6.1% 7:27 AM
Lincoln County, CO 5,550 11.2 min 10.7% 7:38 AM
Pueblo County, CO 169,356 17.6 min 8.6% 7:28 AM
Bent County, CO 5,549 15.5 min 6.4% 7:16 AM
El Paso County, CO 742,974 21.1 min 16.8% 7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Crowley County, Colorado.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,707 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Crowley County, Colorado. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Crowley 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).