St. George Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in St. George, 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 St. George: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in St. George spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 131 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% less time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 3.2 minutes.

St. George holds about 2.8% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 2.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in St. George would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,625 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)
St. George	15.7 min	31.5 min	131 hrs/yr	$4,063	2,659
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.

St. George Commute Map

On average, it takes 15.7 minutes to get to work in St. George. That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in St. George

Commute Mode Trends in St. George, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in St. George 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	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.1%	4.5%	2.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.8%
2010	91.1%	4.5%	2.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	89.9%	4.9%	3.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%
2012	90.0%	4.6%	3.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.7%
2013	89.7%	3.9%	3.7%	0.8%	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.7%
2014	90.6%	3.6%	3.3%	0.7%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.5%
2015	90.5%	3.8%	2.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%	0.1%	0.6%
2016	90.7%	3.5%	2.8%	0.7%	0.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2017	90.2%	4.1%	2.3%	1.1%	0.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2018	89.8%	5.7%	1.8%	1.1%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	87.5%	7.7%	1.5%	1.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	86.9%	8.8%	1.3%	1.8%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	85.0%	11.2%	1.1%	1.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	83.0%	13.3%	1.5%	1.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	82.8%	12.5%	1.9%	1.3%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	82.2%	13.6%	1.8%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 82.2% in 2024, down 8.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in St. George: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 13.6% in 2024, up 9.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.7% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 1.8%.

Commute Start Times in St. George

What Time Do People Leave for Work in St. George?

The bars show when commuters in St. George 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		4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in St. George is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Utah. Early starts are less common than in Utah: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Utah: 48.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.3%) 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 St. George, 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 St. George 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 St. George 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	St. George	Utah	United States
2009	7:57 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:57 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:56 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:58 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:00 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:02 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:02 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:03 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:01 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:59 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:56 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:54 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:54 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:57 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:59 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in St. George were on the road by 7:59 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:57 AM). Utah followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in St. George now leave 22 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 St. George has moved 2 minutes later.

How does St. George's commute time compare?

Metric	St. George	Utah	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	15.7 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	13.6%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in St. George is 15.7 minutes, shorter than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Utah. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Utah.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

St. George, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How St. George, UT compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
St. George, UT	93,597	15.7 min #2/2	13.6% #1/2	7:59 AM #2/2
Washington, UT	23,624	15.4 min	12.7%	7:50 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in St. George, Utah.

What is the financial impact of commuting in St. George, Utah?

Commuters here spend an estimated 131 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,063 at a typical national wage. That's 17% less than the typical Utah commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in St. George, Utah?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in St. George, 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.