Elmore County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Elmore County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Elmore County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 131 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.2 minutes.

Elmore County holds about 1.5% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 1.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Elmore County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,629 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)
Elmore County	15.8 min	31.5 min	131 hrs/yr	$4,073	308
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

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On average, it takes 15.8 minutes to get to work in Elmore County. That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Elmore County

• Car: 89.9%
• Worked at Home: 4.5%
• Walked: 3.5%
• Other: 1.6%
• Motorcycle: 0.4%
• Public Transportation: 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Elmore County: 5.3 times less than the Idaho average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Elmore County: 100.5 times less than the Idaho average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Elmore County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Elmore 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Motorcycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	84.4%	6.2%	6.7%	1.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	85.7%	5.8%	6.2%	1.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	87.6%	5.3%	5.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	88.5%	4.2%	5.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.7%
2013	90.0%	3.8%	4.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2014	91.6%	3.0%	3.7%	0.5%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.5%
2015	90.9%	4.3%	2.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%
2016	91.0%	4.4%	2.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%
2017	91.6%	4.2%	1.5%	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	92.0%	3.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	91.7%	4.1%	1.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	92.9%	2.8%	2.4%	1.2%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.1%	2.3%	2.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	93.0%	3.2%	2.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	91.7%	3.2%	3.4%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.9%	4.5%	3.5%	1.6%	0.4%	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 93.1%. Overall it rose from 84.4% in 2009 to 89.9% in 2024, up 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.7% to 3.5% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Elmore County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Elmore County?

The bars show when commuters in Elmore 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 AM Elmore County6.6% Idaho5.2%	6.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Elmore County3.3% Idaho3.5%	3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Elmore County9.3% Idaho5.1%	9.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Elmore County10.0% Idaho7.9%	10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Elmore County12.7% Idaho10.3%	12.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Elmore County16.4% Idaho14.2%	16.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Elmore County9.8% Idaho14.5%	9.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Elmore County5.7% Idaho10.6%	5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Elmore County1.9% Idaho5.4%	1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Elmore County5.6% Idaho6.3%	5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Elmore County2.0% Idaho3.3%	2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Elmore County0.7% Idaho1.6%	0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Elmore County8.1% Idaho6.3%	8.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Elmore County7.9% Idaho5.9%	7.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Elmore County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 19.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Idaho: 44.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) 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 Elmore 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 Elmore 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 Elmore 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.

• Elmore County
• Idaho
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Elmore County	Idaho	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:12 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:41 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:24 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:24 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:17 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:18 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:16 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:15 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:12 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Elmore County were on the road by 7:15 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). Idaho followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Elmore County now leave 23 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 Elmore County has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Elmore County's commute time compare?

Metric	Elmore County	Idaho	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	15.8 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.5%	13.3%	15.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Elmore County is 15.8 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau