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Lewis County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lewis County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 137 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.

Lewis County holds about 0.2% of Idaho's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lewis County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,700 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)
Lewis County 16.5 min 32.9 min 137 hrs/yr $4,250 123
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

Lewis County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.5 minutes to get to work in Lewis County. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 12.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lewis County

  • Car: 82.3%
  • Worked at Home: 12.6%
  • Walked: 3.7%
  • Bicycle: 0.7%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Lewis County: 1175.3 times less than the Idaho average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lewis County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lewis 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% 4.4% 8.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 85.1% 3.3% 9.5% 0.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5%
2011 84.8% 4.3% 8.2% 0.7% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.5%
2012 82.7% 6.3% 8.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.5%
2013 81.7% 5.7% 9.4% 0.7% 1.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7%
2014 81.0% 5.7% 9.9% 0.8% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7%
2015 82.0% 6.9% 8.3% 0.3% 1.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7%
2016 82.3% 7.4% 8.0% 0.3% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.6%
2017 82.5% 6.3% 8.5% 0.3% 1.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.6%
2018 85.7% 4.5% 7.9% 0.2% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 85.4% 5.5% 7.5% 0.0% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 87.7% 4.8% 6.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 85.5% 7.1% 6.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 86.3% 8.8% 3.2% 0.4% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 85.1% 10.7% 3.1% 0.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 82.3% 12.6% 3.7% 0.7% 0.6% 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 2020 at 87.7% and lowest in 2014 at 81.0%. Overall it fell from 86.1% in 2009 to 82.3% in 2024, down 3.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lewis County: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 12.6% in 2024, up 8.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 8.5% to 3.7% of workers (down 4.8 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 Lewis County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Idaho's 44 counties: the typical start is 21 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Idaho's 44 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:09 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lewis County?

The bars show when commuters in Lewis 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
10.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lewis County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 23.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Idaho's: 48.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (15.0%) 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County Idaho United States
2009 7:30 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:30 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:35 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:26 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:25 AM 7:40 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:30 AM 7:41 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:27 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:21 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:20 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:21 AM 7:41 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:19 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:21 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:17 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:13 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:09 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lewis County were on the road by 7:09 AM, 21 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Idaho, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Lewis County now leave 29 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 Lewis County has moved 10 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Lewis County in the whole series.

How does Lewis County's commute time compare?

Metric Lewis County Idaho US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.5 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 12.6% 13.3% 15.0%
Walked 3.7% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lewis County is 16.5 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Idaho. 3.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lewis County, ID Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lewis County, ID is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,684 residents against a local median of 22,455. Lewis County, ID's work from home, at 12.6%, runs 25% above the 10.1% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 16.5 min against a local median of 13.5 min, 22% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 22% above the local median it puts Lewis County, ID at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.5% on work from home, so Lewis County, ID sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lewis County, ID has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Lewis County, ID 3,684 16.5 min #6/6 12.6% #2/6 7:09 AM #2/6
Nez Perce County, ID 42,646 13.5 min 9.3% 7:33 AM
Latah County, ID 41,044 15.6 min 9.9% 7:48 AM
Asotin County, WA 22,455 13.2 min 10.9% 7:35 AM
Clearwater County, ID 9,011 15.2 min 10.1% 7:01 AM
Wallowa County, OR 7,549 11.8 min 16.8% 7:31 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lewis County, Idaho.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 137 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,250 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical Idaho commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lewis County, Idaho?

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

How common is public transit use in Lewis 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.

Which counties in Idaho have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).