Commuting in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pueblo County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 147 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.
Pueblo County holds about 2.9% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 2.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Pueblo County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,821 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)
Pueblo County
17.6 min
35.2 min
147 hrs/yr
$4,551
950
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
17.6
minutes to get to work in
Pueblo County.
That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pueblo County
Car:
88.4%unusually high
Worked at Home:
8.6%
Walked:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Driving is 22% more common in Pueblo County than the Colorado average (88.4% vs 72.7%).
Biking is unusually rare in Pueblo County: 3.8 times less than the Colorado average (0.2% vs 0.9%).
Commute Mode Trends in Pueblo County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pueblo 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
Public Transportation
Other
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.0%
3.8%
1.8%
0.5%
0.9%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
2010
92.0%
3.8%
1.9%
0.6%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
2011
91.9%
3.7%
2.2%
0.6%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
91.5%
3.6%
2.6%
0.7%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
91.6%
3.4%
2.5%
0.9%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
91.9%
3.1%
2.6%
1.1%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
92.1%
3.0%
2.7%
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
92.1%
2.9%
2.5%
1.2%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
92.7%
2.9%
2.1%
1.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
93.3%
2.5%
2.1%
1.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
93.4%
2.8%
2.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
92.7%
3.9%
1.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
92.2%
4.6%
1.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
91.2%
5.8%
1.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2023
89.5%
7.6%
1.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2024
88.4%
8.6%
1.3%
0.7%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 93.4%. Overall it fell from 92.0% in 2009 to 88.4% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pueblo County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 1.3% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Pueblo County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pueblo County?
The bars show when commuters in Pueblo 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 AMPueblo County5.2%Colorado4.6%
5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPueblo County4.4%Colorado3.6%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPueblo County6.5%Colorado5.0%
6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPueblo County9.1%Colorado8.5%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPueblo County12.2%Colorado10.2%
12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPueblo County13.6%Colorado15.3%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPueblo County11.7%Colorado12.8%
11.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPueblo County8.7%Colorado11.8%
8.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPueblo County5.3%Colorado5.4%
5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPueblo County5.3%Colorado6.9%
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPueblo County2.5%Colorado3.2%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPueblo County1.5%Colorado1.5%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPueblo County7.0%Colorado6.0%
7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPueblo County7.1%Colorado5.2%
7.1%
Pueblo CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pueblo County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 16.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Colorado: 46.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.4%) 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo 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
Pueblo County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:38 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pueblo County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Pueblo County now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Pueblo County in the whole series.
How does Pueblo County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pueblo County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.6 min
22.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.6%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pueblo County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Pueblo County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pueblo County, CO is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 169,356 residents against a local median of 6,972. The measure that sets Pueblo County, CO apart most is work from home: 8.6%, 49% below the local median of 16.8%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 17.6 min against a local median of 21.1 min, 17% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 17% below the local median it puts Pueblo County, CO at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 18.5% on work from home, so Pueblo County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pueblo County, CO has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pueblo County, Colorado.
Is living in Pueblo County, Colorado good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 147 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,551 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Pueblo County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pueblo County, Colorado. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 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).