Commuting in Cassia 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 Cassia County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cassia 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 23% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.1 minutes.
Cassia 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 Cassia County would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,434 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)
Cassia County
13.9 min
27.8 min
116 hrs/yr
$3,586
543
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
13.9
minutes to get to work in
Cassia County.
That's 38% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 79% of counties in Idaho
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 8.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cassia County
Car:
87.7%
Worked at Home:
8.9%
Other:
1.6%
Walked:
1.4%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Cassia County: 3.2 times less than the Idaho average (0.2% vs 0.5%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cassia County, versus 0.1% in Idaho.
Biking is unusually rare in Cassia County: 8.4 times less than the Idaho average (0.1% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Cassia County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cassia 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
87.4%
5.9%
1.8%
3.2%
0.2%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
88.1%
6.2%
1.6%
3.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
2011
88.1%
6.0%
1.7%
3.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
2012
89.0%
4.8%
1.6%
3.0%
0.0%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
2013
91.1%
4.2%
0.4%
3.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.7%
0.0%
2014
90.7%
4.4%
0.1%
3.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2015
91.0%
4.2%
0.1%
3.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
2016
91.8%
3.2%
0.1%
3.7%
0.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
2017
91.9%
3.4%
0.1%
3.2%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
2018
92.3%
3.5%
0.1%
3.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
91.5%
4.3%
0.2%
3.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2020
92.0%
4.4%
0.2%
2.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
90.2%
6.1%
1.2%
1.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
89.6%
6.6%
1.6%
1.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
89.1%
7.7%
1.4%
1.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
87.7%
8.9%
1.6%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
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 2018 at 92.3%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 87.4% in 2009 and 87.7% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cassia County: its share of workers rose from 5.9% in 2009 to 8.9% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 1.4% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Cassia County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cassia County?
The bars show when commuters in Cassia 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 AMCassia County4.4%Idaho5.2%
4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCassia County4.9%Idaho3.5%
4.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCassia County8.7%Idaho5.1%
8.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCassia County8.4%Idaho7.9%
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCassia County8.4%Idaho10.3%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCassia County13.6%Idaho14.2%
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCassia County19.3%Idaho14.5%
19.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCassia County8.2%Idaho10.6%
8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCassia County4.0%Idaho5.4%
4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCassia County4.0%Idaho6.3%
4.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCassia County2.0%Idaho3.3%
2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCassia County1.2%Idaho1.6%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCassia County3.5%Idaho6.3%
3.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCassia County9.2%Idaho5.9%
9.2%
Cassia CountyIdahoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cassia County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 18.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Idaho's: 49.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Cassia 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 Cassia 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 Cassia 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
Cassia County
Idaho
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:47 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:45 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:44 AM
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:44 AM
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:41 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:39 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:35 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cassia County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Idaho, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Cassia 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 Cassia County has moved 2 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Cassia County in the whole series.
How does Cassia County's commute time compare?
Metric
Cassia County
Idaho
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.9 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
8.9%
13.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cassia County is 13.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Idaho.
Cassia County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cassia County, ID is typical in size for this group, 25,479 residents against a local median of 22,208, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Cassia County, ID's work from home, at 8.9%, runs 52% above the 5.8% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.9 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 Cassia County, ID at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.8% on work from home, so Cassia County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cassia County, ID has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cassia County, Idaho.
Is commuting expensive in Cassia County, Idaho?
Commuters here spend an estimated 116 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,586 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Cassia County, Idaho?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Cassia 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Cassia 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).