Spanish Fork Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Spanish Fork: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Spanish Fork spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.2 minutes.

Spanish Fork holds about 1.2% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Spanish Fork would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,830 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)
Spanish Fork	17.7 min	35.4 min	148 hrs/yr	$4,575	2,696
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.

Spanish Fork Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.7 minutes to get to work in Spanish Fork. That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Spanish Fork

Walking is unusually rare in Spanish Fork: 4.7 times less than the Utah average (0.4% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Spanish Fork: 5.0 times less than the Utah average (0.3% vs 1.6%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Spanish Fork: just 0.8%, 3.1 times below the Utah average of 2.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in Spanish Fork, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Spanish Fork 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	Other	Bicycle	Walked	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	89.2%	5.2%	1.6%	0.2%	1.4%	0.6%	1.8%	0.0%
2010	90.3%	5.0%	1.0%	0.3%	1.3%	0.9%	1.1%	0.0%
2011	91.0%	4.6%	1.0%	0.3%	1.1%	1.3%	0.7%	0.0%
2012	91.4%	4.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.7%	1.5%	1.0%	0.0%
2013	90.9%	4.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.8%	1.6%	1.3%	0.0%
2014	91.6%	4.5%	1.0%	0.2%	0.6%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	92.0%	4.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.9%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%
2016	91.7%	4.9%	1.0%	0.1%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%
2017	91.6%	5.5%	0.6%	0.1%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%
2018	91.5%	5.4%	0.6%	0.0%	1.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%
2019	92.4%	5.0%	0.3%	0.0%	1.2%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%
2020	90.1%	7.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.9%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	87.9%	9.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	86.3%	11.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	83.8%	13.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	82.9%	14.9%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 92.4%. Overall it fell from 89.2% in 2009 to 82.9% in 2024, down 6.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Spanish Fork: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 14.9% in 2024, up 9.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.2% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 1.6% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in Spanish Fork

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Spanish Fork?

The bars show when commuters in Spanish Fork 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		5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Spanish Fork is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.5% across Utah. Early starts are more common than in Utah: 14.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Utah: 47.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) 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 Spanish Fork, 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 Spanish Fork 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 Spanish Fork 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	Spanish Fork	Utah	United States
2009	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:46 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:49 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:47 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:46 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:47 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:47 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:49 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Spanish Fork were on the road by 7:49 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:46 AM). Utah followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Spanish Fork now leave 11 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 Spanish Fork has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Spanish Fork's commute time compare?

Metric	Spanish Fork	Utah	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.7 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	14.9%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Spanish Fork is 17.7 minutes, shorter than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Utah. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Utah.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Spanish Fork, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Spanish Fork, UT compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Spanish Fork, UT	39,801	17.7 min #1/2	14.9% #2/2	7:49 AM #1/2
Springville, UT	32,159	20.1 min	15.5%	7:53 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Spanish Fork, Utah.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Spanish Fork, Utah?

Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,575 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Utah commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Spanish Fork, Utah?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Spanish Fork, Utah. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Spanish Fork, Utah?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Utah, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.