Commuting in Canyon 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 Canyon County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Canyon County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 193 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% more time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.
Canyon County holds about 13.0% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 16.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Canyon County would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,396 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)
Canyon County
23.2 min
46.4 min
193 hrs/yr
$5,991
1,992
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
23.2
minutes to get to work in
Canyon County.
That's 3% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 86% of counties in Idaho
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Canyon County
Car:
83.4%
Worked at Home:
13.0%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
1.2%
Motorcycle:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Canyon County: 5.9 times less than the Idaho average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Canyon County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Canyon 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
90.1%
4.4%
1.7%
2.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
90.0%
4.7%
1.7%
2.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
0.1%
2011
89.2%
4.7%
1.5%
3.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
0.1%
2012
89.1%
5.2%
1.5%
3.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2013
88.9%
5.7%
1.4%
2.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
2014
89.0%
6.5%
1.4%
2.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2015
89.1%
6.6%
1.4%
1.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
2016
89.7%
6.5%
1.5%
1.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
2017
89.6%
6.6%
1.7%
1.0%
0.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
90.1%
6.3%
1.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2019
91.0%
5.6%
1.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
88.6%
7.8%
1.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
87.7%
8.6%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
86.4%
10.1%
1.5%
1.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
84.7%
11.7%
1.7%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
83.4%
13.0%
1.7%
1.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 91.0%. Overall it fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 83.4% in 2024, down 6.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Canyon County: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 13.0% in 2024, up 8.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Canyon County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Canyon County?
The bars show when commuters in Canyon 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 AMCanyon County5.0%Idaho5.2%
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCanyon County4.6%Idaho3.5%
4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCanyon County5.7%Idaho5.1%
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCanyon County10.2%Idaho7.9%
10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCanyon County11.1%Idaho10.3%
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCanyon County17.2%Idaho14.2%
17.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCanyon County11.9%Idaho14.5%
11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCanyon County9.0%Idaho10.6%
9.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCanyon County4.2%Idaho5.4%
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCanyon County5.2%Idaho6.3%
5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCanyon County2.8%Idaho3.3%
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCanyon County1.4%Idaho1.6%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCanyon County5.7%Idaho6.3%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCanyon County6.1%Idaho5.9%
6.1%
Canyon CountyIdahoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Canyon County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 15.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Idaho's: 49.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.2%) 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 Canyon 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 Canyon 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 Canyon 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
Canyon County
Idaho
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:29 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:29 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:24 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:26 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:24 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:24 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:24 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:26 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:26 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:24 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Canyon County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:29 AM). The shift is sharper than across Idaho, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Canyon County now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Canyon County in the whole series.
How does Canyon County's commute time compare?
Metric
Canyon County
Idaho
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.2 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.0%
13.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Canyon County is 23.2 minutes, longer than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Idaho.
Canyon County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Canyon County, ID is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 250,790 residents against a local median of 26,771. Where Canyon County, ID breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 57% above the local median of 8.3% at 13.0%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 23.2 min against a local median of 17.7 min, 31% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 31% above the local median it puts Canyon County, ID at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 12.7% on work from home, so Canyon County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Canyon County, ID has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Canyon County, Idaho.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Canyon County, Idaho?
Commuters here spend an estimated 193 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,991 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical Idaho commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Canyon County, Idaho?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Canyon County, Idaho. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Canyon County, Idaho?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in Idaho, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Idaho have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).