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Idaho County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Idaho 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 Idaho County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Idaho County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 107 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.1 minutes.

Idaho County holds about 0.9% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Idaho County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,328 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)
Idaho County 12.8 min 25.7 min 107 hrs/yr $3,319 301
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

Idaho County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.8 minutes to get to work in Idaho County. That's 43% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Idaho

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Idaho County

  • Car: 81.1%
  • Worked at Home: 9.9%
  • Walked: 6.8%
  • Other: 1.4%
  • Bicycle: 0.7%
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Idaho County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Idaho 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 Other Bicycle Taxi Public Transportation Motorcycle
2009 81.0% 5.9% 11.2% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2010 82.2% 5.5% 9.5% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 1.1% 0.1%
2011 80.0% 6.2% 10.9% 1.4% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0% 0.1%
2012 81.3% 5.6% 11.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0%
2013 82.7% 6.4% 9.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0%
2014 80.5% 8.4% 9.3% 0.5% 0.7% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2015 79.8% 9.3% 9.7% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2016 80.7% 8.9% 9.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 81.1% 8.6% 8.2% 0.9% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.0%
2018 79.1% 9.0% 8.8% 1.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
2019 81.9% 6.9% 8.2% 1.4% 0.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0%
2020 84.4% 5.5% 7.5% 1.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0%
2021 84.7% 6.9% 6.0% 1.2% 0.3% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0%
2022 83.8% 7.6% 6.8% 1.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 82.6% 9.4% 6.4% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 81.1% 9.9% 6.8% 1.4% 0.7% 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 was highest in 2021 at 84.7% and lowest in 2018 at 79.1%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 81.0% in 2009 and 81.1% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Idaho County: its share of workers rose from 5.9% in 2009 to 9.9% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.2% to 6.8% of workers (down 4.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Idaho County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Idaho's 44 counties: the typical start is 18 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Idaho County?

The bars show when commuters in Idaho 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
8.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
16.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Idaho County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 16.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Idaho: 53.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.4%) 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 Idaho 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 Idaho 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 Idaho 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 Idaho County Idaho United States
2009 7:34 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:29 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:33 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:30 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:32 AM 7:40 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:41 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:40 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:41 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:43 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:40 AM 7:41 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:38 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:27 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:21 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:19 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:15 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:16 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Idaho County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 18 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across Idaho, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Idaho County now leave 22 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 Idaho County has moved 22 minutes earlier.

How does Idaho County's commute time compare?

Metric Idaho County Idaho US Average
Avg. Commute Time 12.8 min 18.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 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 9.9% 13.3% 15.0%
Walked 6.8% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Idaho County is 12.8 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 6.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Idaho County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Idaho County, ID is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,432 residents against a local median of 12,386. The measure that sets Idaho County, ID apart most is work from home: 9.9%, 22% below the local median of 12.6%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 12.8 min against a local median of 15.2 min, 16% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% below the local median it puts Idaho County, ID at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.6% on work from home, so Idaho County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Idaho County, ID has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Idaho County, ID 17,432 12.8 min #1/6 9.9% #5/6 7:16 AM #3/6
Clearwater County, ID 9,011 15.2 min 10.1% 7:01 AM
Lewis County, ID 3,684 16.5 min 12.6% 7:09 AM
Valley County, ID 12,386 15.0 min 16.9% 7:47 AM
Ravalli County, MT 46,722 18.5 min 14.2% 7:46 AM
Nez Perce County, ID 42,646 13.5 min 9.3% 7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Idaho County, Idaho.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 107 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,319 at a typical national wage. That's 28% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Idaho 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 Idaho 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).