Commuting in Tooele 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 Tooele County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Tooele County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 257 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 63% more time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 11.9 minutes.
Tooele County holds about 2.3% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 3.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Tooele County would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,183 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)
Tooele County
30.8 min
61.6 min
257 hrs/yr
$7,956
1,090
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
30.8
minutes to get to work in
Tooele County.
That's 37% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slowest county in Utah
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Tooele County
Car:
81.3%
Worked at Home:
15.8%
Walked:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
0.9%
Other:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Tooele County, versus 0.1% in Utah.
Commute Mode Trends in Tooele County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Tooele 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
88.7%
5.6%
2.4%
2.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
2010
89.4%
4.3%
2.8%
2.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
2011
88.2%
3.9%
3.5%
2.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
2012
87.3%
3.8%
3.1%
3.6%
1.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
2013
88.2%
4.0%
2.7%
3.0%
1.1%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
2014
89.4%
3.5%
2.5%
2.8%
1.0%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
89.7%
3.9%
1.8%
3.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
90.8%
4.1%
1.5%
2.1%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2017
91.7%
4.6%
1.6%
1.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
91.2%
4.8%
1.6%
1.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
90.8%
5.3%
1.7%
1.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
89.5%
6.4%
1.6%
1.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
87.5%
8.2%
2.0%
1.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
85.5%
11.0%
1.7%
1.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
83.3%
13.7%
1.2%
1.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
81.3%
15.8%
1.2%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
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 2017 at 91.7%. Overall it fell from 88.7% in 2009 to 81.3% in 2024, down 7.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Tooele County: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2024, up 10.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 3.6% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.9%.
Commute Start Times in Tooele County
🐦Early BirdThe earliest start among Utah's 29 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:11 AM.
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Utah's 29 counties: the typical start is 11 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tooele County?
The bars show when commuters in Tooele 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 AMTooele County9.2%Utah4.8%
9.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMTooele County5.7%Utah3.6%
5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMTooele County7.4%Utah5.1%
7.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMTooele County12.4%Utah7.4%
12.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMTooele County8.7%Utah8.4%
8.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMTooele County17.8%Utah12.3%
17.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMTooele County8.5%Utah12.5%
8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMTooele County7.1%Utah12.1%
7.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMTooele County3.0%Utah7.4%
3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMTooele County5.7%Utah7.7%
5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMTooele County2.1%Utah3.2%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMTooele County0.3%Utah1.5%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMTooele County5.6%Utah7.7%
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMTooele County6.4%Utah6.3%
6.4%
Tooele CountyUtahSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Tooele County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Utah. Early starts are more common than in Utah: 22.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Utah: 42.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.2%) 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 Tooele 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 Tooele 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 Tooele 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
Tooele County
Utah
United States
2009
7:00 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:02 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:01 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:01 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:01 AM
7:48 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:01 AM
7:48 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:02 AM
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:06 AM
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:07 AM
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:09 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:12 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:14 AM
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:14 AM
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:12 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:11 AM
7:50 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Tooele County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:00 AM). The shift is sharper than across Utah, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Tooele County now leave 27 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Tooele County's commute time compare?
Metric
Tooele County
Utah
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.8 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
15.8%
17.6%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.9%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Tooele County is 30.8 minutes, longer than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.
0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Utah. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Utah.
Tooele County, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Tooele County, UT is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 79,347 residents against a local median of 61,231. Where Tooele County, UT breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 66% above the local median of 18.5 min at 30.8 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 15.8% against a local median of 11.5%, 37% above it. The counties themselves sit within 8.2 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Tooele County, UT, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Tooele County, UT has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Tooele County, Utah.
Is living in Tooele County, Utah good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 257 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,956 at a typical national wage. That's 63% more than the typical Utah commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Tooele County, Utah?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Tooele County, Utah. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).