Commute Time Burden in Twin Falls: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Twin Falls spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 109 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting.
That is 27% less time on the road than the Idaho average of 17.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.
Twin Falls holds about 2.1% of Idaho's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Twin Falls would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,346 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) |
| Twin Falls |
13.0 min |
26.1 min |
109 hrs/yr |
$3,366 |
2,405 |
| Idaho |
17.9 min |
35.9 min |
149 hrs/yr |
$4,633 |
865 |
| United States |
22.5 min |
44.9 min |
187 hrs/yr |
$5,803 |
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.
Twin Falls Commute Map
On average, it takes
13.0
minutes to get to work in
Twin Falls.
That's 42% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
,
followed by
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 7.9%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
-
Car:
88.5%
-
Worked at Home:
7.9%
-
Walked:
1.8%
-
Other:
0.9%
-
Motorcycle:
0.4%
-
Bicycle:
0.2%
unusually low
-
Taxi:
0.2%
unusually high
-
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%
unusually low
Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Twin Falls: 12.9 times less than the Idaho average (0.0% vs 0.6%).
Taxi commuting is unusually common in Twin Falls: 3.1 times more than the Idaho average (0.2% vs 0.1%).
Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Twin Falls: 3.4 times less than the Idaho average (0.2% vs 0.8%).
How does Twin Falls's commute time compare?
| Metric |
Twin Falls |
Idaho |
US Average |
| Avg. Commute Time |
13.0 min |
17.9 min |
22.5 min |
| Departure Window |
07:30 AM – 07:59 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 |
7.9% |
12.2% |
13.4% |
| Walked |
1.8% |
2.7% |
2.4% |
| Public Transit |
< 0.1% |
0.6% |
3.5% |
The average commute time in Twin Falls is 13.0 minutes, shorter than the 17.9 minutes in Idaho.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Idaho. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Idaho.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau