West Jordan Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in West Jordan, 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 West Jordan: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in West Jordan spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the Utah average of 18.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.

West Jordan holds about 3.4% of Utah's population but accounts for roughly 4.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in West Jordan would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,366 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)
West Jordan	22.9 min	45.8 min	191 hrs/yr	$5,915	3,839
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.

West Jordan Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.9 minutes to get to work in West Jordan. That's 2% longer 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 19.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in West Jordan

Commute Mode Trends in West Jordan, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in West Jordan 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	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	91.3%	4.8%	1.9%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	91.9%	4.4%	1.9%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2011	91.1%	4.7%	2.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.6%
2012	91.6%	4.1%	2.1%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2013	91.1%	4.5%	2.3%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2014	91.2%	4.2%	2.4%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2015	90.4%	4.6%	2.5%	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%
2016	90.9%	4.5%	2.3%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2017	90.6%	4.8%	2.3%	1.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2018	91.1%	5.0%	1.8%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2019	90.8%	5.5%	1.9%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2020	87.2%	9.7%	1.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	85.1%	11.8%	1.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	82.1%	15.2%	1.5%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	79.7%	17.6%	1.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	77.6%	19.2%	1.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 91.9%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 77.6% in 2024, down 13.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in West Jordan: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 19.2% in 2024, up 14.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.9% to 1.4% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in West Jordan

What Time Do People Leave for Work in West Jordan?

The bars show when commuters in West Jordan 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		5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.2%

West Jordan Utah Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in West Jordan is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 11.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.5% across Utah. Early starts are more common than in Utah: 15.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Utah's: 44.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 West Jordan, 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 West Jordan 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 West Jordan 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	West Jordan	Utah	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:33 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:33 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:34 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:39 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:38 AM	7:48 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:50 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:41 AM	7:50 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in West Jordan were on the road by 7:41 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). The shift is sharper than across Utah, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in West Jordan now leave 3 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 West Jordan has moved 2 minutes later.

How does West Jordan's commute time compare?

Metric	West Jordan	Utah	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.9 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	19.2%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.4%	1.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in West Jordan is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 18.9 minutes in Utah.

1.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Utah. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Utah.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

West Jordan, UT Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

West Jordan, UT is the 2nd largest of the 6 cities compared here, 115,866 residents against a local median of 61,499. The measure that sets West Jordan, UT apart most is work from home: 19.2%, 31% above the local median of 14.6%.

The cities themselves spread 13.2% on work from home, so West Jordan, UT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. West Jordan, UT has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
West Jordan, UT	115,866	22.9 min #5/6	19.2% #3/6	7:41 AM #4/6
South Jordan, UT	80,556	22.5 min	23.7%	7:59 AM
Kearns, UT	34,302	22.9 min	10.5%	7:14 AM
Taylorsville, UT	61,499	20.2 min	14.6%	7:33 AM
West Valley City, UT	133,435	21.3 min	11.9%	7:38 AM
Riverton, UT	45,438	22.5 min	23.2%	7:50 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in West Jordan, Utah.

How much does the average commute cost workers in West Jordan, Utah?

Commuters here spend an estimated 191 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,915 at a typical national wage. That's 21% more than the typical Utah commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in West Jordan, Utah?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in West Jordan, 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.