What does a typical morning commute look like in Boise City?
Map AI9/10/26, 12:14 PM
Commute Time Burden in Boise City: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Boise City spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 146 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting.
That is 2% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 17.9 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.
Boise City holds about 11.5% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 11.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Boise City would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,811 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)
Boise City
17.5 min
35.1 min
146 hrs/yr
$4,528
3,277
Idaho
17.9 min
35.9 min
149 hrs/yr
$4,633
865
United States
22.5 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,803
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.
Boise City Commute Map
On average, it takes
17.5
minutes to get to work in
Boise City.
That's 22% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
,
followed by
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 15.5%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
76.5%
Worked at Home:
15.5%
Walked:
3.5%
Bicycle:
2.4%unusually high
Other:
0.9%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.3%unusually high
Taxi commuting is unusually common in Boise City: 4.3 times more than the Idaho average (0.3% vs 0.1%).
Bicycle commuting is unusually common in Boise City: 3.1 times more than the Idaho average (2.4% vs 0.8%).
How does Boise City's commute time compare?
Metric
Boise City
Idaho
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.5 min
17.9 min
22.5 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
15.5%
12.2%
13.4%
Walked
3.5%
2.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.6%
3.5%
The average commute time in Boise City is about the same as in Idaho.
0.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Idaho. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.7% in Idaho.
Common questions about commuting in Boise City, Idaho.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Boise City, Idaho?
Commuters here spend an estimated 146 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,528 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Boise City, Idaho?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Boise City, 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.