Delta County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Delta 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 Delta County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Delta County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 138 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.4 minutes.

Delta County holds about 0.5% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Delta County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,716 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)
Delta County	16.6 min	33.2 min	138 hrs/yr	$4,291	633
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

Hinsdale County (6.6 min)
Prowers County (7.6 min)
Cheyenne County (7.7 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Colorado

Park County (42.5 min)
Elbert County (41.5 min)
Teller County (31.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Delta County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.6 minutes to get to work in Delta County. That's 26% 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 14.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Delta County

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

Commute Mode Trends in Delta County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Delta 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	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	82.3%	12.3%	3.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	83.1%	11.7%	3.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	84.9%	9.4%	3.5%	0.4%	0.1%	1.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	87.3%	7.3%	3.4%	0.4%	0.1%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	86.2%	7.8%	3.8%	0.3%	0.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	85.9%	7.3%	4.7%	1.0%	0.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	85.4%	7.4%	4.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2016	86.4%	7.1%	4.7%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	85.7%	8.0%	4.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	86.1%	8.6%	3.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	84.6%	10.6%	3.5%	0.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	84.8%	10.9%	3.0%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	80.7%	14.3%	3.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	81.9%	12.6%	3.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	80.1%	14.5%	3.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	79.5%	14.8%	3.6%	1.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 87.3%. Overall it fell from 82.3% in 2009 to 79.5% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Delta County: its share of workers rose from 12.3% in 2009 to 14.8% in 2024, up 2.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 4.9% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 3.6%.

Commute Start Times in Delta County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Delta County?

The bars show when commuters in Delta 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		7.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		17.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Delta County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 16.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush looks much like Colorado's: 51.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.6%) 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 Delta 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 Delta 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 Delta 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	Delta County	Colorado	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:38 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:41 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:42 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Delta County were on the road by 7:37 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Delta County now leave 1 minute 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 Delta County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Delta County's commute time compare?

Metric	Delta County	Colorado	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.6 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	14.8%	21.0%	15.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Delta County is 16.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Delta County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Delta County, CO is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 31,598 residents against a local median of 43,807. Delta County, CO sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 8% above the local median at 14.8% against 13.7%. Delta County, CO has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Delta County, CO	31,598	16.6 min #4/6	14.8% #3/6	7:37 AM #3/6
Montrose County, CO	43,807	15.1 min	11.5%	7:35 AM
Mesa County, CO	158,600	16.2 min	13.7%	7:37 AM
Ouray County, CO	5,087	18.6 min	19.9%	7:47 AM
Garfield County, CO	62,477	25.5 min	11.0%	7:27 AM
Gunnison County, CO	17,241	13.0 min	18.5%	8:01 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Delta County, Colorado.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Delta County, Colorado?

Commuters here spend an estimated 138 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,291 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Delta County, Colorado?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Delta 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.

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).