Teton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Teton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Teton County spend about 64 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 265 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 77% more time on the road than the Idaho average of 18.0 minutes each way, a difference of 13.8 minutes.

Teton County holds about 0.6% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Teton County would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,283 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)
Teton County	31.8 min	63.5 min	265 hrs/yr	$8,208	825
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 31.8 minutes to get to work in Teton County. That's 42% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Idaho

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 17.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Teton County

• Car: 76.2%
• Worked at Home: 17.7%
• Walked: 3.2%
• Public Transportation: 1.6%
• Bicycle: 1.2%
• Other: < 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Teton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Teton 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
• Bicycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle	Other
2009	85.7%	6.9%	4.0%	2.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	85.1%	6.3%	5.3%	2.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	87.4%	6.3%	3.5%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2012	88.0%	6.4%	2.4%	1.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2013	89.4%	6.2%	1.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2014	89.9%	5.9%	1.7%	0.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	89.4%	6.0%	2.2%	0.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2016	86.5%	9.0%	2.2%	0.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	86.9%	8.3%	2.2%	0.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	83.8%	11.3%	2.0%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	82.8%	13.4%	2.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	81.2%	14.1%	1.2%	2.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	82.1%	11.4%	3.5%	2.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	79.3%	14.4%	3.2%	1.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	80.2%	14.4%	2.8%	1.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	76.2%	17.7%	3.2%	1.6%	1.2%	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 2014 at 89.9%. Overall it fell from 85.7% in 2009 to 76.2% in 2024, down 9.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Teton County: its share of workers rose from 6.9% in 2009 to 17.7% in 2024, up 10.8 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.0% to 3.2% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Teton County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Teton County?

The bars show when commuters in Teton 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 Teton County3.7% Idaho5.2%	3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Teton County1.9% Idaho3.5%	1.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Teton County5.0% Idaho5.1%	5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Teton County6.7% Idaho7.9%	6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Teton County9.7% Idaho10.3%	9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Teton County21.6% Idaho14.2%	21.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Teton County17.5% Idaho14.5%	17.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Teton County11.6% Idaho10.6%	11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Teton County4.3% Idaho5.4%	4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Teton County6.5% Idaho6.3%	6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Teton County3.8% Idaho3.3%	3.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Teton County0.9% Idaho1.6%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Teton County4.6% Idaho6.3%	4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Teton County2.3% Idaho5.9%	2.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Teton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Idaho. Early starts are less common than in Idaho: 10.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Idaho: 60.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (18.1%) 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 Teton 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 Teton 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 Teton 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.

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• Idaho
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Teton County	Idaho	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:42 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:44 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:42 AM	7:41 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:52 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:46 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:46 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:18 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:18 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Teton County were on the road by 7:33 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Idaho, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Teton County now leave 5 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 Teton County has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Teton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Teton County	Idaho	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.8 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	17.7%	13.3%	15.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.6%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Teton County is 31.8 minutes, longer than the 18.0 minutes in Idaho.

1.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Idaho. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Idaho.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau