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Commuting in Pueblo West, 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 West: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pueblo West spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Pueblo West holds about 0.4% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Pueblo West would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,324 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 West 22.5 min 45.0 min 187 hrs/yr $5,809 2,392
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.

Pueblo West Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.5 minutes to get to work in Pueblo West. That's about the same as 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 9.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pueblo West

  • Car: 87.3%
  • Worked at Home: 9.9%
  • Other: 1.3%
  • Bicycle: 1.0%
  • Walked: 0.4% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Walking is unusually rare in Pueblo West: 6.4 times less than the Colorado average (0.4% vs 2.5%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Pueblo West, versus 1.6% in Colorado.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Pueblo West, versus 0.1% in Colorado.

Commute Mode Trends in Pueblo West, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pueblo West 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 Other Bicycle Walked Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 92.7% 5.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 92.6% 6.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 92.5% 5.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.2% 5.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 93.5% 4.9% 0.7% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 94.0% 4.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.7% 4.0% 0.9% 0.3% 0.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 93.2% 4.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.9% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 93.2% 4.5% 0.9% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2018 94.1% 3.9% 0.8% 0.1% 0.6% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2019 94.0% 4.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2020 94.5% 4.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 93.2% 5.6% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 91.4% 6.5% 1.0% 0.3% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.5% 8.8% 1.1% 0.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.3% 9.9% 1.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 92.7% in 2009 to 87.3% in 2024, down 5.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pueblo West: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 9.9% in 2024, up 4.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking overtook walking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Pueblo West

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pueblo West?

The bars show when commuters in Pueblo West 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
7.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.5%

Pueblo West Colorado Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Pueblo West is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 17.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush looks much like Colorado's: 48.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.9%) 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 Pueblo West, 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 West 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 West 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 West Colorado United States
2009 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:40 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:24 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:23 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:20 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:19 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:20 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:22 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:19 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:25 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:23 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:20 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pueblo West were on the road by 7:23 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:36 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Pueblo West now leave 15 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Pueblo West has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Pueblo West's commute time compare?

Metric Pueblo West Colorado US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.5 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 9.9% 21.0% 15.0%
Walked 0.4% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Pueblo West is about the same as in Colorado.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Pueblo West, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Pueblo West, CO compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Pueblo West, CO 22,344 22.5 min #2/2 9.9% #1/2 7:23 AM #1/2
Pueblo, CO 103,049 16.4 min 7.5% 7:37 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pueblo West, Colorado.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Pueblo West, Colorado?

Commuters here spend an estimated 187 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,809 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Pueblo West, Colorado?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pueblo West, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Pueblo West, Colorado?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Colorado, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.