Custer County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Custer County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Custer County spend about 18 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 74 hours, about 3.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 50% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 9.0 minutes.

Custer County holds about 0.2% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Custer County would save about 30 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $922 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)
Custer County	8.9 min	17.8 min	74 hrs/yr	$2,305	93
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

Custer County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 8.9 minutes to get to work in Custer County. That's 60% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Fastest county in Idaho

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 27.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Custer County

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

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

Biking is unusually rare in Custer County: 6.9 times less than the Idaho average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Custer County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Custer 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle	Other
2009	75.6%	9.4%	11.7%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%
2010	76.6%	12.3%	9.4%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	74.5%	13.9%	9.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	73.1%	13.6%	8.7%	2.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%
2013	71.0%	14.0%	7.9%	3.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	3.2%
2014	76.8%	9.6%	7.2%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	4.3%
2015	75.1%	8.6%	9.1%	2.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	4.2%
2016	76.5%	6.0%	9.7%	2.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	4.7%
2017	77.9%	5.4%	11.3%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	3.6%
2018	79.1%	8.1%	8.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	2.4%
2019	74.1%	14.6%	6.8%	1.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%
2020	65.8%	24.4%	7.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%
2021	60.7%	29.0%	6.5%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%
2022	64.4%	28.0%	4.0%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%
2023	67.9%	25.0%	4.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%
2024	69.4%	27.3%	2.1%	1.1%	0.1%	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 2018 at 79.1% and lowest in 2021 at 60.7%. Overall it fell from 75.6% in 2009 to 69.4% in 2024, down 6.2 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Custer County: its share of workers rose from 9.4% in 2009 to 27.3% in 2024, up 17.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.7% to 2.1% of workers (down 9.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 3.4% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 1.1%.

Commute Start Times in Custer County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Custer County?

The bars show when commuters in Custer 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		4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		9.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		9.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		21.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		11.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Custer County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 18.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Idaho's: 51.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.5%) 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 Custer 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 Custer 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 Custer 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	Custer County	Idaho	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:36 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:48 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:41 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:50 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:48 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:48 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:53 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:55 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:49 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:43 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Custer County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:34 AM). That goes against the trend across Idaho, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Custer County now leave 5 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Custer County has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Custer County's commute time compare?

Metric	Custer County	Idaho	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.9 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	27.3%	13.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Custer County is 8.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Idaho. 2.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Custer County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Custer County, ID is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,470 residents against a local median of 5,355. Custer County, ID's work from home, at 27.3%, runs 87% above the 14.6% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 8.9 min against a local median of 14.0 min, 36% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 36% below the local median it puts Custer County, ID at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 15.9% on work from home, so Custer County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Custer County, ID has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Custer County, ID	4,470	8.9 min #1/6	27.3% #1/6	7:43 AM #5/6
Lemhi County, ID	8,243	11.6 min	11.8%	7:43 AM
Blaine County, ID	24,952	14.0 min	14.6%	7:53 AM
Camas County, ID	1,123	49.5 min	21.2%	7:37 AM
Butte County, ID	2,683	13.9 min	16.0%	7:28 AM
Lincoln County, ID	5,355	32.0 min	5.3%	7:13 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Custer County, Idaho.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Custer County, Idaho?

Commuters here spend an estimated 74 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,305 at a typical national wage. That's 50% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Custer County, Idaho?

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

How much money can remote workers save in Custer County, Idaho?

About 27.3% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Custer County would save about 30 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $922 at the same national wage assumption used above.

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).