Commuting in Montezuma 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 Montezuma County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Montezuma County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 130 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.4 minutes.
Montezuma County holds about 0.5% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Montezuma County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,615 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)
Montezuma County
15.6 min
31.2 min
130 hrs/yr
$4,036
218
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
15.6
minutes to get to work in
Montezuma County.
That's 30% 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 10.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Montezuma County
Car:
83.8%
Worked at Home:
10.4%
Walked:
2.7%
Bicycle:
1.4%
Other:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Montezuma County: 5.1 times less than the Colorado average (0.3% vs 1.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Montezuma County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Commute Mode Trends in Montezuma County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Montezuma 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
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
87.5%
8.2%
2.8%
0.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
89.1%
7.4%
2.0%
0.4%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
88.7%
6.7%
2.4%
0.6%
1.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
86.7%
8.1%
3.1%
0.5%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
84.5%
9.8%
3.2%
0.9%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
85.3%
9.9%
3.2%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
85.1%
9.7%
3.9%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
85.4%
9.6%
3.8%
0.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
86.9%
8.5%
3.4%
0.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
89.4%
7.1%
2.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
89.4%
6.7%
2.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
87.3%
6.6%
4.2%
1.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
85.8%
8.1%
3.8%
1.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
84.1%
9.9%
3.5%
1.4%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
84.3%
9.7%
3.6%
1.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
83.8%
10.4%
2.7%
1.4%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 89.4%. Overall it fell from 87.5% in 2009 to 83.8% in 2024, down 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Montezuma County: its share of workers rose from 8.2% in 2009 to 10.4% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 4.2% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 2.7%.
Commute Start Times in Montezuma County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Montezuma County?
The bars show when commuters in Montezuma 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 AMMontezuma County2.5%Colorado4.6%
2.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMontezuma County2.2%Colorado3.6%
2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMontezuma County7.0%Colorado5.0%
7.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMontezuma County9.7%Colorado8.5%
9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMontezuma County6.8%Colorado10.2%
6.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMontezuma County16.1%Colorado15.3%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMontezuma County21.0%Colorado12.8%
21.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMontezuma County14.0%Colorado11.8%
14.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMontezuma County2.8%Colorado5.4%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMontezuma County5.4%Colorado6.9%
5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMontezuma County4.1%Colorado3.2%
4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMontezuma County0.8%Colorado1.5%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMontezuma County5.3%Colorado6.0%
5.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMontezuma County2.4%Colorado5.2%
2.4%
Montezuma CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Montezuma County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 11.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 57.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.9%) 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 Montezuma 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 Montezuma 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 Montezuma 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
Montezuma County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:39 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Montezuma County were on the road by 7:38 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved either. Commuters in Montezuma County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Montezuma County's commute time compare?
Metric
Montezuma County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.6 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
10.4%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
2.7%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Montezuma County is 15.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Montezuma County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Montezuma County, CO is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 26,412 residents against a local median of 7,968. Montezuma County, CO's work from home, at 10.4%, runs 38% below the 16.7% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 15.6 min against a local median of 12.9 min, 21% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 21% above the local median it puts Montezuma County, CO at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 25.1% on work from home, so Montezuma County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Montezuma County, CO has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Montezuma County, Colorado.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Montezuma County, Colorado?
Commuters here spend an estimated 130 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,036 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Montezuma County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Montezuma 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Montezuma County, Colorado?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Colorado, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across 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).