Hinsdale County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hinsdale County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hinsdale County spend about 13 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 55 hours, about 2.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 70% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 15.5 minutes.

Hinsdale County holds about 0.0% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hinsdale County would save about 22 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $680 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)
Hinsdale County	6.6 min	13.2 min	55 hrs/yr	$1,700	371
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.

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On average, it takes 6.6 minutes to get to work in Hinsdale County. That's 71% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 30.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hinsdale County

• Car: 55.2% unusually low
• Worked at Home: 30.5%
• Walked: 12.6% unusually high
• Other: 1.8%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Driving is 24% less common in Hinsdale County than the Colorado average (55.2% vs 72.7%).

Walking is unusually common in Hinsdale County: 5.0 times more than the Colorado average (12.6% vs 2.5%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Hinsdale County, versus 1.6% in Colorado.

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

Biking is essentially absent in Hinsdale County, versus 0.9% in Colorado.

Hinsdale County stands out for active commuting: 12.6% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.7 times the Colorado average of 3.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Hinsdale County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hinsdale 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	75.3%	2.1%	14.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	8.6%
2010	52.9%	7.9%	14.6%	9.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	15.4%
2011	48.1%	15.4%	24.2%	5.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.8%
2012	52.6%	12.9%	23.7%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.6%
2013	58.0%	11.4%	22.2%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	4.1%
2014	55.6%	11.5%	25.2%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	4.2%
2015	67.6%	8.8%	21.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	1.4%
2016	75.7%	3.9%	16.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	2.7%
2017	77.6%	3.6%	16.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	2.3%
2018	77.6%	4.1%	15.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.8%
2019	74.5%	3.8%	20.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
2020	69.4%	8.8%	20.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2021	63.5%	9.6%	26.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	60.5%	11.0%	28.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	58.9%	17.2%	23.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	55.2%	30.5%	12.6%	1.8%	0.0%	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 2017 at 77.6% and lowest in 2011 at 48.1%. Overall it fell from 75.3% in 2009 to 55.2% in 2024, down 20.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hinsdale County: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 30.5% in 2024, up 28.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 26.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 8.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 8.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 28.4% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 12.6%.

Commute Start Times in Hinsdale County

• 🦉 Night OwlThe 3rd-latest start among Colorado's 64 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:13 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hinsdale County?

The bars show when commuters in Hinsdale 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 AM Hinsdale County13.0% Colorado4.6%	13.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Hinsdale County0.0% Colorado3.6%	0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Hinsdale County0.0% Colorado5.0%	0.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Hinsdale County0.0% Colorado8.5%	0.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Hinsdale County6.0% Colorado10.2%	6.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Hinsdale County1.9% Colorado15.3%	1.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Hinsdale County14.9% Colorado12.8%	14.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Hinsdale County32.7% Colorado11.8%	32.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Hinsdale County2.9% Colorado5.4%	2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Hinsdale County15.2% Colorado6.9%	15.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Hinsdale County0.0% Colorado3.2%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Hinsdale County0.0% Colorado1.5%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Hinsdale County9.8% Colorado6.0%	9.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Hinsdale County3.5% Colorado5.2%	3.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hinsdale County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 32.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Colorado. Early starts are about as common as in Colorado: 13.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 55.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.6%) 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 Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Hinsdale County	Colorado	United States
2009	8:10 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:06 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:58 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:01 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:08 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:12 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:03 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:59 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:55 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:59 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:00 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hinsdale County were on the road by 8:13 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (8:10 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Hinsdale County now leave 35 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 Hinsdale County has moved 10 minutes later.

How does Hinsdale County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hinsdale County	Colorado	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	6.6 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	09:00 AM – 09:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	30.5%	21.0%	15.0%
Walked	12.6%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hinsdale County is 6.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 12.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau