Midvale Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Midvale, 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 Midvale: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Midvale spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 167 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.2 minutes.

Midvale holds about 1.0% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Midvale would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,076 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)
Midvale	20.1 min	40.2 min	167 hrs/yr	$5,189	3,695
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.

Midvale Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.1 minutes to get to work in Midvale. That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Midvale

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Midvale: 5.4 times less than the Utah average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Midvale: 4.8 times more than the Utah average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Midvale, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Midvale 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	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	87.2%	2.9%	1.9%	6.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2010	88.0%	3.0%	2.1%	5.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2011	89.1%	2.1%	2.3%	5.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.5%	0.3%
2012	89.4%	1.8%	1.5%	6.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
2013	90.2%	1.7%	1.6%	5.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2014	90.6%	2.3%	1.7%	4.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2015	89.6%	2.7%	2.1%	4.5%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2016	88.2%	2.8%	2.1%	5.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	88.3%	2.9%	2.5%	5.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2018	87.4%	3.5%	2.7%	5.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.7%	0.1%
2019	87.4%	4.0%	2.4%	4.5%	0.6%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%
2020	84.1%	6.5%	2.6%	4.6%	1.0%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%
2021	81.0%	10.8%	2.7%	2.7%	1.2%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%
2022	77.2%	14.1%	3.2%	2.7%	1.3%	0.5%	0.9%	0.1%
2023	75.5%	16.5%	2.7%	2.9%	1.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%
2024	75.4%	16.4%	3.7%	2.7%	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%	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 90.6%. Overall it fell from 87.2% in 2009 to 75.4% in 2024, down 11.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Midvale: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 16.4% in 2024, up 13.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 6.7% to 2.7% of workers (down 4.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Midvale

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Midvale?

The bars show when commuters in Midvale 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		3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Midvale is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Utah. Early starts are less common than in Utah: 10.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Utah: 48.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.3%) 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 Midvale, 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 Midvale 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 Midvale 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	Midvale	Utah	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:41 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:43 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:46 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:45 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:48 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:45 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:51 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:51 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:01 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:59 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:03 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:01 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Midvale were on the road by 8:01 AM, 23 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Utah, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Midvale now leave 23 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Midvale has moved 10 minutes later.

How does Midvale's commute time compare?

Metric	Midvale	Utah	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.1 min	18.9 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	16.4%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.7%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Midvale is 20.1 minutes, longer than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

2.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.6% in Utah. 3.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Utah.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Midvale, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Midvale, UT is the 4th largest of the 5 cities compared here, 34,643 residents against a local median of 55,884. The measure that sets Midvale, UT apart most is work from home: 16.4%, 24% below the local median of 21.7%.

The cities themselves spread 10.5% on work from home, so Midvale, UT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Midvale, UT has the 4th highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Midvale, UT	34,643	20.1 min #1/5	16.4% #4/5	8:01 AM #2/5
Murray, UT	50,269	20.5 min	21.2%	8:01 AM
Sandy, UT	91,417	21.7 min	22.1%	8:02 AM
Taylorsville, UT	61,499	20.2 min	14.6%	7:33 AM
Cottonwood Heights, UT	32,277	21.3 min	25.1%	8:01 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Midvale, Utah.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 167 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,189 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Utah commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Midvale, Utah. 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.