Gunnison County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Gunnison County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Gunnison County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 112 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting.

That is 39% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.2 minutes each way, a difference of 8.7 minutes.

Gunnison County holds about 0.3% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Gunnison County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,393 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)
Gunnison County	13.5 min	27.0 min	112 hrs/yr	$3,483	254
Colorado	22.2 min	44.3 min	185 hrs/yr	$5,727	1,277
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 13.5 minutes to get to work in Gunnison County. That's 40% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 13.2% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 66.1%
• Worked at Home: 13.2%
• Walked: 11.5% unusually high
• Public Transportation: 6.1% unusually high
• Bicycle: 3.1% unusually high
• Other: < 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Gunnison County, versus 0.2% in Colorado.

Public Transportation commuting is unusually common in Gunnison County: 3.2 times more than the Colorado average (6.1% vs 1.9%).

Walked commuting is unusually common in Gunnison County: 4.6 times more than the Colorado average (11.5% vs 2.5%).

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Gunnison County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.

Bicycle commuting is unusually common in Gunnison County: 3.2 times more than the Colorado average (3.1% vs 0.9%).

Gunnison County stands out for active commuting: 14.6% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.2 times the Colorado average of 3.5%.

How does Gunnison County's commute time compare?

Metric	Gunnison County	Colorado	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.5 min	22.2 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 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	13.2%	18.8%	13.4%
Walked	11.5%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.1%	1.9%	3.5%

The average commute time in Gunnison County is 13.5 minutes, shorter than the 22.2 minutes in Colorado.

6.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.9% in Colorado. 11.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau