San Juan County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in San Juan County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in San Juan County spend about 30 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 125 hours, about 5.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

San Juan County holds about 0.4% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in San Juan County would save about 50 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,555 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)
San Juan County	15.0 min	30.1 min	125 hrs/yr	$3,888	141
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.

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On average, it takes 15.0 minutes to get to work in San Juan County. That's 33% 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 10.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in San Juan County

• Car: 84.3%
• Worked at Home: 10.0%
• Walked: 3.6%
• Motorcycle: 1.0% unusually high
• Other: 0.6%
• Public Transportation: 0.4% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in San Juan County: 4.7 times more than the Utah average (1.0% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in San Juan County: 4.1 times less than the Utah average (0.4% vs 1.6%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in San Juan County, versus 0.1% in Utah.

Biking is essentially absent in San Juan County, versus 0.5% in Utah.

Commute Mode Trends in San Juan County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in San Juan 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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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Motorcycle	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	82.3%	5.7%	9.3%	0.5%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.8%
2010	83.2%	6.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	84.2%	7.1%	7.2%	0.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%
2012	85.4%	7.0%	6.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	84.3%	8.0%	6.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	85.4%	6.9%	6.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	85.9%	7.1%	5.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	83.9%	9.7%	5.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	84.6%	9.2%	4.0%	0.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	84.2%	9.7%	3.8%	0.3%	1.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	83.2%	9.7%	4.6%	0.3%	1.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	84.6%	8.8%	4.3%	0.4%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	85.8%	5.1%	5.8%	0.2%	2.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	83.2%	6.5%	7.3%	1.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	83.2%	8.6%	5.9%	1.1%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	84.3%	10.0%	3.6%	1.0%	0.6%	0.4%	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 2015 at 85.9%. Overall it rose from 82.3% in 2009 to 84.3% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in San Juan County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 10.0% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 9.3% to 3.6% of workers (down 5.7 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 San Juan County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among Utah's 29 counties: 63.7% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Juan County?

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

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM San Juan County4.7% Utah4.8%	4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM San Juan County2.8% Utah3.6%	2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM San Juan County3.9% Utah5.1%	3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM San Juan County8.0% Utah7.4%	8.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM San Juan County13.9% Utah8.4%	13.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM San Juan County18.1% Utah12.3%	18.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM San Juan County23.4% Utah12.5%	23.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM San Juan County8.3% Utah12.1%	8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM San Juan County2.8% Utah7.4%	2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM San Juan County3.7% Utah7.7%	3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM San Juan County2.3% Utah3.2%	2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM San Juan County0.4% Utah1.5%	0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM San Juan County4.8% Utah7.7%	4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM San Juan County2.8% Utah6.3%	2.8%

San Juan County Utah Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in San Juan County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.5% across Utah. Early starts are less common than in Utah: 11.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Utah: 63.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.1%) 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 San Juan 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	San Juan County	Utah	United States
2009	7:23 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:27 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:29 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:30 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in San Juan County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). The shift is sharper than across Utah, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in San Juan County now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does San Juan County's commute time compare?

Metric	San Juan County	Utah	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	15.0 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	10.0%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in San Juan County is 15.0 minutes, shorter than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

0.4% 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