Caribou County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Caribou 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 Caribou County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Caribou County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 140 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Caribou County holds about 0.4% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Caribou County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,739 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)
Caribou County	16.8 min	33.7 min	140 hrs/yr	$4,348	259
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.

Commute Time Map: Idaho Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Idaho

Custer County (8.9 min)
Lemhi County (11.6 min)
Madison County (12.0 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Idaho

Camas County (49.5 min)
Boise County (38.0 min)
Lincoln County (32.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Caribou County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.8 minutes to get to work in Caribou County. That's 25% shorter 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 6.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Caribou County

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Caribou County: 3564.4 times less than the Idaho average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Caribou County: 3.6 times less than the Idaho average (0.2% vs 0.5%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Caribou County, versus 0.1% in Idaho.

Commute Mode Trends in Caribou County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Caribou 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	88.6%	5.3%	4.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	90.6%	5.2%	3.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	91.9%	5.6%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	92.1%	4.7%	2.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	92.0%	4.2%	3.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	92.7%	4.0%	3.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	91.6%	4.2%	4.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	90.0%	4.4%	5.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	91.3%	4.7%	3.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	90.7%	5.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	89.1%	5.4%	3.9%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.1%	3.7%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.3%	3.5%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.3%	3.5%	2.2%	0.5%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.2%	5.0%	2.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.2%	6.3%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	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 2021 at 93.3%. Overall it rose from 88.6% in 2009 to 92.2% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Caribou County: its share of workers rose from 5.3% in 2009 to 6.3% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.3% to 0.9% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Caribou County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Caribou County?

The bars show when commuters in Caribou 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		6.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		19.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.3%

Caribou County Idaho Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Caribou County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 19.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Idaho: 45.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.1%) 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 Caribou 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 Caribou 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 Caribou 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	Caribou County	Idaho	United States
2009	7:25 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:19 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:21 AM	7:41 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:26 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:36 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Caribou County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:25 AM). That goes against the trend across Idaho, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Caribou County now leave 5 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 Caribou County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Caribou County's commute time compare?

Metric	Caribou County	Idaho	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.8 min	18.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.3%	13.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Caribou County is 16.8 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Caribou County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Caribou County, ID is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,162 residents against a local median of 49,662. Where Caribou County, ID breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 40% below the local median of 10.4% at 6.3%.

The counties themselves spread 5.5% on work from home, so Caribou County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Caribou County, ID has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Caribou County, ID	7,162	16.8 min #3/6	6.3% #6/6	7:32 AM #3/6
Bear Lake County, ID	6,650	18.6 min	9.3%	7:16 AM
Bonneville County, ID	129,518	16.0 min	10.4%	7:45 AM
Franklin County, ID	15,053	20.3 min	12.0%	7:25 AM
Bannock County, ID	89,452	13.5 min	11.4%	7:51 AM
Bingham County, ID	49,662	18.3 min	6.5%	7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Caribou County, Idaho.

Is living in Caribou County, Idaho good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 140 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,348 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Caribou County, Idaho?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Caribou County, Idaho. 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.

Do people use public transit in Caribou County, Idaho?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in Idaho, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).