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Clark County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Clark 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 Clark County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Clark County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 186 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% more time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

Clark County holds about 0.0% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Clark County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,307 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)
Clark County 22.3 min 44.7 min 186 hrs/yr $5,768 79
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
  1. Custer County (8.9 min)
  2. Lemhi County (11.6 min)
  3. Madison County (12.0 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Idaho
  1. Camas County (49.5 min)
  2. Boise County (38.0 min)
  3. Lincoln County (32.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Clark County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.3 minutes to get to work in Clark County. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 84% 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 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Clark County

  • Car: 84.4%
  • Worked at Home: 9.4%
  • Walked: 5.1%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Other: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Clark County, versus 0.2% in Idaho.

Public transit is essentially absent in Clark County, versus 0.5% in Idaho.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Clark County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Clark 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 86.1% 5.7% 2.7% 0.0% 5.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 88.2% 5.8% 0.8% 0.0% 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 79.7% 12.8% 2.4% 0.0% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 81.9% 9.8% 2.8% 0.0% 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 76.8% 4.1% 13.1% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 80.9% 6.8% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 83.3% 3.8% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 84.2% 5.4% 10.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 76.9% 11.4% 11.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 84.1% 11.7% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 88.3% 6.6% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 83.3% 9.4% 7.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 84.6% 10.9% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 89.8% 6.2% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 87.6% 9.6% 2.5% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 84.4% 9.4% 5.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2022 at 89.8% and lowest in 2013 at 76.8%. Overall it fell from 86.1% in 2009 to 84.4% in 2024, down 1.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Clark County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 13.1% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 5.1%.

Commute Start Times in Clark County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Idaho's 44 counties: 62.5% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clark County?

The bars show when commuters in Clark 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
2.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
10.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
27.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
18.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
0.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
1.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Clark County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 27.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Idaho: 62.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 22 commuters (4.5%) 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 Clark 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 Clark 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 Clark 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 Clark County Idaho United States
2009 7:17 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:10 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:35 AM 7:40 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:15 AM 7:41 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:22 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:15 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:09 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:54 AM 7:41 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:05 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:57 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:03 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:59 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:16 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:20 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Clark County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:17 AM). That goes against the trend across Idaho, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Clark County now leave 18 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 Clark County has moved 14 minutes later.

How does Clark County's commute time compare?

Metric Clark County Idaho US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.3 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 9.4% 13.3% 15.0%
Walked 5.1% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Clark County is 22.3 minutes, longer than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 5.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Clark County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Clark County, ID is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 848 residents against a local median of 13,943. Clark County, ID's one-way commute, at 22.3 min, runs 61% above the 13.9 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.4% against a local median of 11.7%, 19% below it. The counties themselves spread 10.2 min on one-way commute, so Clark County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clark County, ID has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Clark County, ID 848 22.3 min #6/6 9.4% #4/6 7:20 AM #1/6
Jefferson County, ID 33,153 22.1 min 7.6% 7:33 AM
Madison County, ID 54,618 12.0 min 13.3% 8:21 AM
Fremont County, ID 13,943 17.6 min 11.7% 7:29 AM
Butte County, ID 2,683 13.9 min 16.0% 7:28 AM
Beaverhead County, MT 9,712 12.0 min 9.2% 7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Clark County, Idaho.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Clark County, Idaho?

Commuters here spend an estimated 186 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,768 at a typical national wage. That's 24% more than the typical Idaho commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Clark County, Idaho?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Clark 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Clark County, Idaho?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).