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Commuting in Cedar City, Utah: 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 Cedar City: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cedar City spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 93 hours, about 3.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% less time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 7.7 minutes.

Cedar City holds about 0.7% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cedar City would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,153 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)
Cedar City 11.2 min 22.3 min 93 hrs/yr $2,884 2,116
Utah 18.9 min 37.8 min 158 hrs/yr $4,885 1,192
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.

Cedar City Commute Map

On average, it takes 11.2 minutes to get to work in Cedar City. That's 50% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Cedar City

  • Car: 84.7%
  • Worked at Home: 9.2%
  • Walked: 3.6%
  • Bicycle: 1.2%
  • Motorcycle: 0.6%
  • Other: 0.4%
  • Taxi: 0.3% unusually high
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Cedar City: 16.1 times less than the Utah average (0.1% vs 1.6%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Cedar City: 3.4 times more than the Utah average (0.3% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Cedar City, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Cedar City 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 Motorcycle Other Taxi Public Transportation
2009 82.5% 3.7% 11.2% 1.8% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 85.7% 4.0% 7.7% 1.5% 0.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 85.4% 4.2% 8.1% 1.3% 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 87.4% 2.9% 6.8% 1.7% 0.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 88.2% 2.4% 5.1% 3.6% 0.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 87.5% 2.5% 5.8% 3.6% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 86.0% 2.7% 7.6% 2.8% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 86.5% 3.5% 7.1% 2.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 85.6% 5.1% 5.3% 1.9% 1.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 88.3% 4.6% 5.3% 0.1% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 87.7% 6.0% 4.5% 0.1% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 90.6% 5.8% 2.8% 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 90.6% 6.0% 2.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 90.3% 6.1% 2.5% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2023 87.9% 7.7% 2.9% 0.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2024 84.7% 9.2% 3.6% 1.2% 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 90.6%. Overall it rose from 82.5% in 2009 to 84.7% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Cedar City: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 9.2% in 2024, up 5.5 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.2% to 3.6% of workers (down 7.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Biking peaked at 3.6% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 1.2%.

Commute Start Times in Cedar City

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cedar City?

The bars show when commuters in Cedar City 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 Utah for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
3.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
0.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
5.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
12.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
5.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
10.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.5%

Cedar City Utah Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Cedar City is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.5% across Utah. Early starts are less common than in Utah: 7.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Utah's: 47.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (32.3%) 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 Cedar City, 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 Cedar City 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 Cedar City next to Utah 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 Cedar City Utah United States
2009 8:20 AM 7:48 AM 7:37 AM
2010 8:13 AM 7:47 AM 7:38 AM
2011 8:16 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2012 8:10 AM 7:47 AM 7:38 AM
2013 8:16 AM 7:48 AM 7:39 AM
2014 8:15 AM 7:48 AM 7:39 AM
2015 8:19 AM 7:48 AM 7:38 AM
2016 8:14 AM 7:48 AM 7:38 AM
2017 8:19 AM 7:48 AM 7:38 AM
2018 8:10 AM 7:48 AM 7:37 AM
2019 8:06 AM 7:48 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:56 AM 7:48 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:56 AM 7:48 AM 7:37 AM
2022 8:01 AM 7:50 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:03 AM 7:50 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:04 AM 7:50 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Cedar City were on the road by 8:04 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Utah, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Cedar City now leave 26 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Cedar City's commute time compare?

Metric Cedar City Utah US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.2 min 18.9 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.2% 17.6% 15.0%
Walked 3.6% 2.0% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Cedar City is 11.2 minutes, shorter than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Utah. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Utah.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Cedar City, Utah.

Is living in Cedar City, Utah good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 93 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,884 at a typical national wage. That's 41% less than the typical Utah commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Cedar City, Utah?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Cedar City, Utah. 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Cedar City, Utah?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Utah, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.