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Commuting in Saguache 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 Saguache County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Saguache 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 128 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.6 minutes.

Saguache County holds about 0.1% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Saguache County would save about 51 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,593 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)
Saguache County 15.4 min 30.8 min 128 hrs/yr $3,983 206
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.

Commute Time Map: Colorado Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Colorado
  1. Hinsdale County (6.6 min)
  2. Prowers County (7.6 min)
  3. Cheyenne County (7.7 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Colorado
  1. Park County (42.5 min)
  2. Elbert County (41.5 min)
  3. Teller County (31.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Saguache County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 15.4 minutes to get to work in Saguache County. That's 31% 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 12.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Saguache County

  • Car: 78.5%
  • Worked at Home: 12.1%
  • Walked: 7.6% unusually high
  • Other: 1.9%
  • 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 Saguache County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.

Walking is unusually common in Saguache County: 3.0 times more than the Colorado average (7.6% vs 2.5%).

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Saguache County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Saguache 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 71.8% 15.9% 6.4% 3.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 2.0%
2010 73.6% 14.2% 8.4% 2.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
2011 79.1% 11.2% 6.2% 2.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.6%
2012 78.1% 11.3% 6.6% 2.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.9% 0.1%
2013 80.9% 9.8% 6.5% 1.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 0.1%
2014 83.3% 7.4% 6.7% 1.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2%
2015 83.3% 6.9% 6.3% 0.8% 0.9% 0.1% 0.6% 1.0%
2016 81.8% 7.8% 6.8% 1.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.6% 0.9%
2017 82.6% 8.3% 6.3% 0.9% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1% 1.1%
2018 79.0% 11.7% 5.9% 0.8% 1.5% 0.0% 0.1% 1.0%
2019 81.2% 11.5% 4.9% 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 1.2%
2020 80.4% 13.9% 4.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2021 79.4% 14.4% 5.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2022 77.5% 17.3% 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 79.5% 11.0% 7.7% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 78.5% 12.1% 7.6% 1.9% 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 peaked in 2014 at 83.3%. Overall it rose from 71.8% in 2009 to 78.5% in 2024, up 6.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Saguache County: its share of workers rose from 6.4% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 15.9% to 12.1% of workers (down 3.8 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 1.5% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Saguache County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Colorado's 64 counties: the typical start is 25 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Colorado's 64 counties: 66.5% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Saguache County?

The bars show when commuters in Saguache 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
3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
0.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
28.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
7.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
0.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Saguache County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 28.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 6.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 66.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 10 commuters (9.6%) 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 Saguache 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 Saguache 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 Saguache 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 Saguache County Colorado United States
2009 7:43 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:41 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:38 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:43 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:45 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:42 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:42 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:39 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:40 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:39 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:28 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:26 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 7:17 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Saguache County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 25 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Saguache 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 Saguache County has moved 22 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Saguache County in the whole series.

How does Saguache County's commute time compare?

Metric Saguache County Colorado US Average
Avg. Commute Time 15.4 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 12.1% 21.0% 15.0%
Walked 7.6% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Saguache County is 15.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 7.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Saguache County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Saguache County, CO is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,580 residents against a local median of 11,321. Saguache County, CO's one-way commute, at 15.4 min, runs 32% above the 11.7 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 12.1% against a local median of 9.3%, 29% above it. The counties themselves spread 14.2 min on one-way commute, so Saguache County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Saguache County, CO has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Saguache County, CO 6,580 15.4 min #4/6 12.1% #3/6 7:17 AM #1/6
Rio Grande County, CO 11,321 15.6 min 9.3% 7:33 AM
Chaffee County, CO 20,178 11.5 min 24.5% 7:44 AM
Alamosa County, CO 16,581 11.7 min 5.0% 7:48 AM
Mineral County, CO 729 8.7 min 7.6% 8:07 AM
Conejos County, CO 7,530 22.8 min 13.7% 7:25 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Saguache County, Colorado.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Saguache County, Colorado?

Commuters here spend an estimated 128 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,983 at a typical national wage. That's 30% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Saguache County, Colorado?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Saguache 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Saguache County, 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.

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).