Provo Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Provo, 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 Provo: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Provo spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 2.8 minutes.

Provo holds about 3.0% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 2.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Provo would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,668 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)
Provo	16.1 min	32.3 min	135 hrs/yr	$4,170	3,711
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.

Provo Commute Map

On average, it takes 16.1 minutes to get to work in Provo. That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Provo

Walking is unusually common in Provo: 5.5 times more than the Utah average (11.0% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is unusually common in Provo: 3.5 times more than the Utah average (5.6% vs 1.6%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Provo, versus 0.1% in Utah.

Provo stands out for active commuting: 12.3% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.9 times the Utah average of 2.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in Provo, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Provo 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	Bicycle	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	72.9%	4.2%	15.9%	3.7%	2.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2010	73.0%	4.5%	15.8%	3.5%	2.6%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2011	72.2%	5.0%	15.9%	3.0%	3.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	73.1%	4.7%	15.7%	2.4%	3.2%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%
2013	73.1%	5.2%	15.2%	2.1%	3.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%
2014	74.0%	5.2%	14.1%	2.3%	3.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%
2015	75.3%	4.9%	12.9%	2.3%	3.5%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%
2016	73.8%	4.7%	13.9%	2.9%	3.1%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%
2017	74.3%	4.6%	13.6%	3.1%	2.7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%
2018	73.9%	4.7%	13.8%	3.4%	2.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%
2019	72.8%	5.0%	14.0%	4.2%	2.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%
2020	70.4%	7.2%	14.1%	4.7%	2.2%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%
2021	69.8%	9.9%	12.7%	4.5%	2.1%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	68.1%	12.0%	12.4%	4.8%	2.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2023	67.1%	13.6%	11.1%	5.6%	1.4%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	65.4%	15.7%	11.0%	5.6%	1.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 75.3%. Overall it fell from 72.9% in 2009 to 65.4% in 2024, down 7.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Provo: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 15.7% in 2024, up 11.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 15.9% to 11.0% of workers (down 4.9 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 Provo

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Provo?

The bars show when commuters in Provo 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		3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		3.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		7.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		13.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Provo is 12:00-3:59 PM, when 13.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.7% across Utah. Early starts are less common than in Utah: 8.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Utah: 39.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (39.0%) 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 Provo, 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 Provo 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 Provo 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	Provo	Utah	United States
2009	8:28 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:23 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:26 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:25 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:23 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:22 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:22 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:19 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:19 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:22 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:22 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:23 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:26 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:31 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:28 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:27 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Provo were on the road by 8:27 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Utah, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Provo now leave 49 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 Provo has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Provo's commute time compare?

Metric	Provo	Utah	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.1 min	18.9 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 PM – 03:59 PM	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	15.7%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	11.0%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	5.6%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Provo is 16.1 minutes, shorter than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

5.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.6% in Utah. 11.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Utah.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Provo, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Provo, UT compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Provo, UT	102,550	16.1 min #1/3	15.7% #2/3	8:27 AM #3/3
Orem, UT	96,497	16.9 min	16.4%	8:09 AM
Springville, UT	32,159	20.1 min	15.5%	7:53 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Provo, Utah.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Provo, Utah?

Commuters here spend an estimated 135 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,170 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Utah commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Provo, Utah?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM in Provo, 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.

How common is public transit use in Provo, Utah?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 5.6% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Utah, making it a realistic option for many workers.