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Long‐distance commuting (LDC) is a growing phenomenon in specialized countries in extractive industries such as Chile. There has also been a growing concern about the potential impacts on the health of long‐distance commuters. This paper formalizes the relationship between commuting distance and self‐assessed health status and shows the monetary valuation of health costs for commuting long distances using a latent class approach. This econometric approach allows us to capture both preference and threshold heterogeneity. The results show that there are two classes of workers: the first group is not sensitive to commuting distance, whereas the monetary valuation of workers in the second group is equivalent to CLP $431 (US$0.68).