Commuting in Blaine County, Idaho: 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 Blaine County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Blaine County spend about 28 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 116 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.
Blaine County holds about 1.3% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Blaine County would save about 47 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,443 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)
Blaine County
14.0 min
27.9 min
116 hrs/yr
$3,608
449
Idaho
18.0 min
35.9 min
150 hrs/yr
$4,641
865
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
14.0
minutes to get to work in
Blaine County.
That's 38% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 72% of counties in Idaho
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Blaine County
Car:
75.3%
Worked at Home:
14.6%
Public Transportation:
3.3%unusually high
Walked:
3.1%
Bicycle:
2.3%unusually high
Other:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.7%unusually high
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Blaine County: 3.0 times more than the Idaho average (0.7% vs 0.2%).
Public transit is unusually common in Blaine County: 6.0 times more than the Idaho average (3.3% vs 0.5%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Blaine County, versus 0.1% in Idaho.
Biking is unusually common in Blaine County: 3.1 times more than the Idaho average (2.3% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Blaine County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Blaine 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
Public Transportation
Walked
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Other
Taxi
2009
80.7%
9.3%
2.8%
3.8%
2.9%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
80.5%
9.3%
2.0%
5.6%
2.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
79.6%
10.0%
3.0%
5.1%
2.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
80.0%
9.6%
2.9%
4.6%
2.5%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
81.2%
10.7%
1.7%
4.4%
1.7%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
81.0%
10.7%
1.9%
4.5%
1.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
81.8%
9.4%
2.4%
4.2%
1.5%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
2016
83.3%
8.4%
1.6%
4.2%
1.4%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2017
83.3%
9.3%
1.4%
3.6%
0.9%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2018
82.2%
9.6%
2.3%
2.9%
1.2%
0.0%
1.8%
0.0%
2019
82.4%
10.1%
1.7%
3.0%
0.8%
0.0%
1.8%
0.0%
2020
80.7%
12.8%
1.3%
2.8%
1.4%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2021
77.4%
14.0%
2.0%
1.9%
3.4%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
2022
77.9%
13.5%
1.2%
2.4%
2.9%
0.8%
1.2%
0.0%
2023
78.0%
13.3%
1.0%
3.3%
2.7%
0.8%
0.9%
0.0%
2024
75.3%
14.6%
3.3%
3.1%
2.3%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 83.3%. Overall it fell from 80.7% in 2009 to 75.3% in 2024, down 5.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Blaine County: its share of workers rose from 9.3% in 2009 to 14.6% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 3.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Public transit overtook biking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Blaine County
🦉Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Idaho's 44 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:53 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Blaine County?
The bars show when commuters in Blaine 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 Idaho for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMBlaine County0.9%Idaho5.2%
0.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBlaine County3.2%Idaho3.5%
3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBlaine County5.2%Idaho5.1%
5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBlaine County8.8%Idaho7.9%
8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBlaine County6.1%Idaho10.3%
6.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBlaine County15.1%Idaho14.2%
15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBlaine County13.8%Idaho14.5%
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBlaine County14.4%Idaho10.6%
14.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBlaine County7.5%Idaho5.4%
7.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBlaine County11.4%Idaho6.3%
11.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBlaine County3.0%Idaho3.3%
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBlaine County2.4%Idaho1.6%
2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBlaine County5.8%Idaho6.3%
5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBlaine County2.5%Idaho5.9%
2.5%
Blaine CountyIdahoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Blaine County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Idaho. Early starts are less common than in Idaho: 9.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Idaho's: 49.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.1%) 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 Blaine 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 Blaine 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 Blaine County next to Idaho 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
Blaine County
Idaho
United States
2009
7:54 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:53 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:53 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:53 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:52 AM
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:54 AM
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:52 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:59 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
8:02 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2018
8:04 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:04 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:06 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:59 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
8:00 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:54 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:53 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Blaine County were on the road by 7:53 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Idaho, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Blaine County now leave 16 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Blaine County has moved 11 minutes earlier.
How does Blaine County's commute time compare?
Metric
Blaine County
Idaho
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
14.0 min
18.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
14.6%
13.3%
15.0%
Walked
3.1%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
3.3%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Blaine County is 14.0 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.
3.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Idaho. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.
Blaine County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Blaine County, ID is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 24,952 residents against a local median of 5,355. Blaine County, ID's work from home, at 14.6%, runs 151% above the 5.8% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 14.0 min against a local median of 18.1 min, 23% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 23% below the local median it puts Blaine County, ID at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 16.5% on work from home, so Blaine County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Blaine County, ID has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Blaine County, Idaho.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Blaine County, Idaho?
Commuters here spend an estimated 116 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,608 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Blaine County, Idaho?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Blaine County, Idaho. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Blaine County, Idaho?
Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 3.3% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in Idaho, making it a realistic option for many workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Idaho?
Among counties in Idaho, the shortest average commutes are in Custer County (8.9 min), Lemhi County (11.6 min), Madison County (12.0 min). The longest are in Camas County (49.5 min), Boise County (38.0 min), Lincoln County (32.0 min).