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Commuting in Windsor, 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 Windsor: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Windsor spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% more time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.6 minutes.

Windsor 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 Windsor would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,338 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)
Windsor 22.6 min 45.3 min 189 hrs/yr $5,845 2,309
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.

Windsor Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.6 minutes to get to work in Windsor. That's 1% longer 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 19.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Windsor

  • Car: 77.8%
  • Worked at Home: 19.7%
  • Walked: 1.8%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Windsor: 23.9 times less than the Colorado average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Windsor: 67.0 times less than the Colorado average (0.0% vs 1.6%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Windsor: 16.9 times less than the Colorado average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Windsor: 6.6 times less than the Colorado average (0.1% vs 0.9%).

Commute Mode Trends in Windsor, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Windsor 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 Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 88.9% 7.6% 1.0% 1.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2010 89.2% 7.4% 0.9% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2011 89.1% 7.7% 0.6% 1.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2012 90.6% 7.3% 0.3% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 90.4% 7.8% 0.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 91.9% 6.2% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 91.7% 5.3% 0.5% 1.2% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2016 90.8% 5.9% 0.7% 1.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.7%
2017 90.5% 6.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.7%
2018 89.7% 7.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.7%
2019 89.8% 8.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7%
2020 87.8% 10.1% 1.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2021 84.5% 13.4% 1.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 81.5% 16.5% 1.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 79.7% 17.9% 1.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 77.8% 19.7% 1.8% 0.6% 0.1% 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 91.9%. Overall it fell from 88.9% in 2009 to 77.8% in 2024, down 11.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Windsor: its share of workers rose from 7.6% in 2009 to 19.7% in 2024, up 12.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Windsor

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Windsor?

The bars show when commuters in Windsor 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
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
19.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Windsor is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.8% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 10.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 60.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.5%) 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 Windsor, 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 Windsor 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 Windsor 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 Windsor Colorado United States
2009 7:37 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:33 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:34 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:29 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:27 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:24 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:25 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:26 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:30 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Windsor were on the road by 7:34 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Windsor now leave 4 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 Windsor has moved 9 minutes later.

How does Windsor's commute time compare?

Metric Windsor Colorado US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.6 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 19.7% 21.0% 15.0%
Walked 1.8% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Windsor is 22.6 minutes, longer than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Colorado.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Windsor, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Windsor, CO compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Windsor, CO 24,053 22.6 min #3/3 19.7% #1/3 7:34 AM #2/3
Loveland, CO 66,361 22.6 min 19.1% 7:37 AM
Greeley, CO 103,702 17.9 min 9.3% 7:26 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Windsor, Colorado.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 189 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,845 at a typical national wage. That's 3% more than the typical Colorado commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Windsor, Colorado?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Windsor, 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 common is public transit use in Windsor, 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.