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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Colorado (2026)

Hinsdale has the lowest commute time of any county in Colorado, at 7.6 min, followed by Prowers and Baca. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Colorado

Top 25 of 64 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Colorado
RankCountyValue
1Hinsdale7.6 min
2Prowers11.8 min
3Baca12.1 min
4Jackson12.2 min
5Mineral12.4 min
6San Juan14.8 min
7Cheyenne15.1 min
8Yuma15.6 min
9Alamosa15.9 min
10San Miguel16.7 min
11Kit Carson16.9 min
12Kiowa17.3 min
13Logan17.4 min
14Rio Blanco17.4 min
15Saguache17.5 min
16Dolores17.6 min
17Chaffee18.1 min
18Sedgwick18.2 min
19Mesa18.9 min
20Rio Grande19.2 min
21Las Animas19.5 min
22Pitkin19.9 min
23Routt20.1 min
24Phillips20.2 min
25Gunnison20.2 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Colorado counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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