Commuting in Eagle 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 Eagle County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Eagle County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 169 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.
Eagle County holds about 0.9% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Eagle County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,092 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)
Eagle County
20.2 min
40.5 min
169 hrs/yr
$5,231
615
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
20.2
minutes to get to work in
Eagle County.
That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 71% of counties in Colorado
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 12.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Eagle County
Car:
77.4%
Worked at Home:
12.6%
Public Transportation:
5.7%unusually high
Walked:
2.5%
Bicycle:
1.2%
Motorcycle:
0.4%
Other:
0.3%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually common in Eagle County: 3.5 times more than the Colorado average (5.7% vs 1.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Eagle County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Commute Mode Trends in Eagle County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Eagle 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Other
Taxi
2009
82.8%
6.4%
6.1%
3.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
80.3%
7.4%
6.9%
4.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
80.0%
7.0%
8.0%
3.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
79.8%
7.4%
7.6%
3.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2013
80.2%
6.5%
7.7%
4.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2014
80.8%
6.0%
8.3%
3.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
83.1%
6.4%
7.1%
2.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2016
82.0%
8.2%
6.1%
2.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2017
82.2%
8.9%
5.4%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2018
80.6%
10.1%
5.1%
2.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2019
81.1%
10.3%
3.3%
3.0%
0.9%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
2020
79.6%
11.8%
3.2%
3.1%
0.9%
0.1%
1.4%
0.0%
2021
79.0%
12.3%
3.9%
3.0%
0.6%
0.1%
1.1%
0.0%
2022
78.0%
12.6%
3.7%
3.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.9%
0.0%
2023
79.5%
11.3%
4.5%
2.9%
0.5%
0.3%
0.9%
0.0%
2024
77.4%
12.6%
5.7%
2.5%
1.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 83.1%. Overall it fell from 82.8% in 2009 to 77.4% in 2024, down 5.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Eagle County: its share of workers rose from 6.4% in 2009 to 12.6% in 2024, up 6.2 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 2.5% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 8.3% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 5.7%.
Commute Start Times in Eagle County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Eagle County?
The bars show when commuters in Eagle 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 AMEagle County3.0%Colorado4.6%
3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMEagle County2.9%Colorado3.6%
2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMEagle County4.0%Colorado5.0%
4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMEagle County3.0%Colorado8.5%
3.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMEagle County11.3%Colorado10.2%
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMEagle County17.4%Colorado15.3%
17.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMEagle County19.0%Colorado12.8%
19.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMEagle County10.8%Colorado11.8%
10.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMEagle County6.7%Colorado5.4%
6.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMEagle County11.0%Colorado6.9%
11.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMEagle County2.9%Colorado3.2%
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMEagle County1.0%Colorado1.5%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMEagle County4.4%Colorado6.0%
4.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMEagle County2.6%Colorado5.2%
2.6%
Eagle CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Eagle County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 9.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 58.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.9%) 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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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
Eagle County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:53 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:54 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:52 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:53 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:56 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:56 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:52 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:49 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:45 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:41 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:41 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:44 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Eagle County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:53 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Eagle County now leave 6 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 Eagle County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Eagle County's commute time compare?
Metric
Eagle County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.2 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
12.6%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
2.5%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
5.7%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Eagle County is 20.2 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
5.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.6% in Colorado. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Colorado.
Eagle County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Eagle County, CO is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 55,135 residents against a local median of 16,985. Where Eagle County, CO breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 36% below the local median of 19.6% at 12.6%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 20.2 min against a local median of 17.5 min, 16% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% above the local median it puts Eagle County, CO at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 15.2% on work from home, so Eagle County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Eagle County, CO has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Eagle County, Colorado.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Eagle County, Colorado?
Commuters here spend an estimated 169 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,231 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Eagle County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Eagle 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.
Do people use public transit in Eagle County, Colorado?
Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 5.7% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Colorado, making it a realistic option for many workers.
Which counties in Colorado have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).