Commuting in Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Rio Blanco County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 70 hours, about 2.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 62% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 13.7 minutes.
Rio Blanco County holds about 0.1% of Colorado's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Rio Blanco County would save about 28 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $863 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)
Rio Blanco County
8.4 min
16.7 min
70 hrs/yr
$2,157
139
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
8.4
minutes to get to work in
Rio Blanco County.
That's 63% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Colorado
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 9.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Rio Blanco County
Car:
82.7%
Worked at Home:
9.0%
Walked:
5.5%
Public Transportation:
1.2%
Motorcycle:
0.9%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.6%
Other:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Rio Blanco County: 6.4 times more than the Colorado average (0.9% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Rio Blanco County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Commute Mode Trends in Rio Blanco County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Rio Blanco 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
Taxi
2009
83.3%
10.3%
5.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2010
84.5%
10.0%
4.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2011
76.3%
11.8%
8.0%
1.9%
0.2%
0.3%
1.6%
0.0%
2012
78.0%
10.1%
7.8%
1.8%
0.2%
0.6%
1.6%
0.0%
2013
78.9%
10.4%
6.9%
2.8%
0.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
80.9%
9.0%
5.7%
3.2%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
81.4%
9.9%
7.0%
0.4%
0.0%
1.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
83.5%
7.7%
5.6%
1.3%
0.0%
1.7%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
85.1%
7.0%
4.8%
1.1%
0.2%
1.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
84.8%
6.6%
5.2%
1.0%
0.2%
2.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
84.4%
6.5%
6.2%
0.8%
0.2%
1.7%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
86.9%
5.9%
4.9%
0.4%
0.1%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
86.9%
6.8%
4.8%
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
85.9%
8.3%
4.2%
0.0%
0.2%
1.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
85.1%
7.6%
5.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
82.7%
9.0%
5.5%
1.2%
0.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 86.9% and lowest in 2011 at 76.3%. Overall it fell from 83.3% in 2009 to 82.7% in 2024, down 0.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Public transit gained the most ground in Rio Blanco County: its share of workers rose from 0.1% in 2009 to 1.2% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 10.3% to 9.0% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 8.0% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 5.5%.
Commute Start Times in Rio Blanco County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rio Blanco County?
The bars show when commuters in Rio Blanco 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 AMRio Blanco County10.5%Colorado4.6%
10.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRio Blanco County1.0%Colorado3.6%
1.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRio Blanco County5.1%Colorado5.0%
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRio Blanco County12.2%Colorado8.5%
12.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRio Blanco County13.4%Colorado10.2%
13.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRio Blanco County13.6%Colorado15.3%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRio Blanco County14.5%Colorado12.8%
14.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRio Blanco County12.1%Colorado11.8%
12.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRio Blanco County1.7%Colorado5.4%
1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRio Blanco County4.7%Colorado6.9%
4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRio Blanco County1.5%Colorado3.2%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRio Blanco County0.1%Colorado1.5%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRio Blanco County4.7%Colorado6.0%
4.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRio Blanco County4.8%Colorado5.2%
4.8%
Rio Blanco CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Rio Blanco County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are more common than in Colorado: 16.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 53.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.9%) 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 Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco 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
Rio Blanco County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:10 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:20 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Rio Blanco County were on the road by 7:17 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved either. Commuters in Rio Blanco County now leave 21 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 Rio Blanco County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Rio Blanco County's commute time compare?
Metric
Rio Blanco County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.4 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
9.0%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
5.5%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.2%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Rio Blanco County is 8.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 5.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Rio Blanco County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Rio Blanco County, CO is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,544 residents against a local median of 37,051. Rio Blanco County, CO's one-way commute, at 8.4 min, runs 48% below the 16.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.0% against a local median of 11.0%, 18% below it. The counties themselves spread 13.3 min on one-way commute, so Rio Blanco County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Rio Blanco County, CO has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Rio Blanco County, Colorado?
Commuters here spend an estimated 70 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,157 at a typical national wage. That's 62% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Rio Blanco County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Rio Blanco 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.
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).