Commuting in Summit County, 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 Summit County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Summit County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 172 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.
Summit County holds about 1.3% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Summit County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,129 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)
Summit County
20.6 min
41.2 min
172 hrs/yr
$5,322
447
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.
On average, it takes
20.6
minutes to get to work in
Summit County.
That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 82% of counties in Utah
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Summit County
Car:
70.4%
Worked at Home:
24.7%
Public Transportation:
2.0%
Other:
1.5%
Walked:
1.1%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Summit County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Summit 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.
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
Public Transportation
Other
Walked
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
83.2%
9.8%
1.1%
1.9%
2.1%
1.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
81.6%
10.7%
1.2%
2.2%
2.3%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
82.3%
11.1%
1.8%
1.9%
1.6%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
82.9%
11.5%
1.5%
1.4%
1.2%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
83.2%
11.7%
1.9%
1.3%
1.1%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
83.1%
11.9%
2.2%
1.0%
1.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
82.3%
12.1%
2.0%
0.7%
1.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
81.2%
13.4%
1.0%
1.0%
2.2%
1.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
79.6%
13.9%
1.6%
1.6%
2.2%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
79.3%
13.1%
2.1%
2.0%
2.5%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
78.7%
13.7%
2.1%
2.0%
2.7%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
75.6%
17.6%
2.3%
1.9%
1.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
74.9%
18.3%
2.9%
2.0%
1.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
73.4%
20.2%
2.4%
1.9%
1.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
70.5%
24.2%
2.3%
1.3%
1.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
70.4%
24.7%
2.0%
1.5%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 83.2% in 2009 to 70.4% in 2024, down 12.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 11 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Summit County: its share of workers rose from 9.8% in 2009 to 24.7% in 2024, up 14.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.3% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).
Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Summit County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Summit County?
The bars show when commuters in Summit 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 AMSummit County1.8%Utah4.8%
1.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSummit County1.8%Utah3.6%
1.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSummit County2.9%Utah5.1%
2.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSummit County8.2%Utah7.4%
8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSummit County8.4%Utah8.4%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSummit County15.5%Utah12.3%
15.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSummit County13.8%Utah12.5%
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSummit County14.1%Utah12.1%
14.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSummit County7.2%Utah7.4%
7.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSummit County10.1%Utah7.7%
10.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSummit County3.5%Utah3.2%
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSummit County3.2%Utah1.5%
3.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSummit County6.4%Utah7.7%
6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSummit County2.9%Utah6.3%
2.9%
Summit CountyUtahSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Summit County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Utah. Early starts are less common than in Utah: 6.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Utah: 51.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.2%) 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 Summit 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 Summit 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 Summit 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Summit County
Utah
United States
2009
7:49 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:49 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:52 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:58 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:59 AM
7:48 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:56 AM
7:48 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:00 AM
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:57 AM
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:55 AM
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:53 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:53 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:52 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:50 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:54 AM
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:55 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:55 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Summit County were on the road by 7:55 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:49 AM). The shift is sharper than across Utah, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Summit County now leave 17 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 Summit County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Summit County's commute time compare?
Metric
Summit County
Utah
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.6 min
18.9 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 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
24.7%
17.6%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.0%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Summit County is 20.6 minutes, longer than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.
2.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.6% in Utah. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Utah.
Summit County, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Summit County, UT is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 42,950 residents against a local median of 20,181. Summit County, UT's work from home, at 24.7%, runs 81% above the 13.7% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 20.6 min against a local median of 13.6 min, 51% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 51% above the local median it puts Summit County, UT at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 12.7% on work from home, so Summit County, UT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Summit County, UT has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Summit County, Utah.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Summit County, Utah?
Commuters here spend an estimated 172 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,322 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Utah commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Summit County, Utah?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Summit County, 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.
How much money can remote workers save in Summit County, Utah?
About 24.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Summit County would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,129 at the same national wage assumption used above.
How do commute times compare across counties in Utah?
Among counties in Utah, the shortest average commutes are in Garfield County (7.3 min), Daggett County (8.6 min), Beaver County (8.7 min). The longest are in Tooele County (30.8 min), Morgan County (23.8 min), Piute County (22.9 min).