How long is the commute in Salt Lake City?

Average travel time to work in Salt Lake City, UT, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Salt Lake City gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 16.8 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 64.7
• Carpooled: 13.4
• Transit: 2.5
• Walked: 2.2
• From home: 14.8

Average commute (minutes)

• Salt Lake City: 16.8
• Salt Lake County: 18.4
• UT: 18.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 14.8% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 6.2 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 1.6% of workers in 2015 to 14.8% in the latest estimates.