Shoshone County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Shoshone County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Shoshone County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 112 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.

Shoshone County holds about 0.7% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Shoshone County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,389 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)
Shoshone County	13.4 min	26.9 min	112 hrs/yr	$3,473	251
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.

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On average, it takes 13.4 minutes to get to work in Shoshone County. That's 40% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 88% of counties in Idaho

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Shoshone County

• Car: 84.5%
• Worked at Home: 8.1%
• Walked: 6.3%
• Public Transportation: 0.7%
• Other: 0.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Shoshone County, versus 0.7% in Idaho.

Commute Mode Trends in Shoshone County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Shoshone 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
• Public Transportation
• Other
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.0%	1.6%	3.2%	0.4%	2.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	91.6%	0.9%	4.5%	0.3%	2.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2011	92.4%	1.4%	4.1%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2012	90.1%	3.6%	3.9%	0.5%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	87.6%	4.3%	5.6%	0.5%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	87.8%	4.7%	6.0%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	85.8%	5.7%	5.9%	0.7%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	84.8%	6.2%	6.2%	0.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	84.6%	5.7%	6.8%	0.6%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	85.2%	5.2%	6.4%	0.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	84.5%	5.0%	6.8%	0.4%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	87.7%	3.8%	6.1%	0.2%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	88.3%	3.7%	5.2%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	88.2%	4.4%	4.9%	0.8%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	87.5%	6.1%	4.6%	0.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	84.5%	8.1%	6.3%	0.7%	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 peaked in 2011 at 92.4%. Overall it fell from 92.0% in 2009 to 84.5% in 2024, down 7.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Shoshone County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 8.1% in 2024, up 6.5 percentage points.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Shoshone County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Shoshone County?

The bars show when commuters in Shoshone 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 Shoshone County11.4% Idaho5.2%	11.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Shoshone County8.5% Idaho3.5%	8.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Shoshone County5.7% Idaho5.1%	5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Shoshone County4.6% Idaho7.9%	4.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Shoshone County10.0% Idaho10.3%	10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Shoshone County9.6% Idaho14.2%	9.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Shoshone County12.9% Idaho14.5%	12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Shoshone County8.4% Idaho10.6%	8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Shoshone County5.9% Idaho5.4%	5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Shoshone County7.3% Idaho6.3%	7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Shoshone County1.9% Idaho3.3%	1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Shoshone County1.1% Idaho1.6%	1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Shoshone County9.4% Idaho6.3%	9.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Shoshone County3.3% Idaho5.9%	3.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Shoshone County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Idaho. Early starts are more common than in Idaho: 25.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Idaho: 40.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.0%) 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 Shoshone 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 Shoshone 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 Shoshone 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.

• Shoshone County
• Idaho
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Shoshone County	Idaho	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:21 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:27 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:30 AM	7:41 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:31 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:30 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:25 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:26 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:17 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:21 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Shoshone County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:22 AM). That goes against the trend across Idaho, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Shoshone County now leave 8 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 Shoshone County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Shoshone County's commute time compare?

Metric	Shoshone County	Idaho	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.4 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	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.1%	13.3%	15.0%
Walked	6.3%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Shoshone County is 13.4 minutes, shorter than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

0.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Idaho. 6.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau