Wilcox County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Wilcox County, Alabama: 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 Wilcox County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wilcox County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 216 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the Alabama average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 3.8 minutes.

Wilcox County holds about 0.2% of Alabama's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wilcox County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,684 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)
Wilcox County	26.0 min	52.0 min	216 hrs/yr	$6,711	256
Alabama	22.1 min	44.3 min	184 hrs/yr	$5,717	1,193
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.

Commute Time Map: Alabama Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Alabama

Pike County (16.4 min)
Houston County (18.3 min)
Escambia County (18.5 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Alabama

Blount County (33.2 min)
Pickens County (32.5 min)
Lowndes County (31.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wilcox County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.0 minutes to get to work in Wilcox County. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 77% of counties in Alabama

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wilcox County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Wilcox County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Wilcox County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.

Biking is essentially absent in Wilcox County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.

Commute Mode Trends in Wilcox County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wilcox 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.7%	1.6%	0.8%	0.6%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	94.1%	1.6%	0.3%	1.0%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	94.1%	2.2%	0.4%	0.9%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.4%	2.8%	0.7%	0.2%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2013	94.7%	2.8%	0.6%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	93.8%	3.4%	0.6%	0.2%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	93.5%	4.2%	0.7%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	94.4%	3.3%	0.7%	0.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	96.4%	2.4%	0.2%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	95.4%	3.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	96.7%	2.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	97.0%	1.6%	0.3%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	94.9%	2.1%	1.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.9%	3.1%	2.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.9%	1.7%	2.0%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.4%	5.1%	3.3%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 97.0%. Overall it fell from 93.7% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wilcox County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 5.1% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 0.4% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Wilcox County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wilcox County?

The bars show when commuters in Wilcox 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 Alabama for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		16.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.2%

Wilcox County Alabama Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Wilcox County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.8% across Alabama. Early starts are more common than in Alabama: 26.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Alabama: 40.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.6% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (18.0%) 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 Wilcox 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 Wilcox 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 Wilcox County next to Alabama 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	Wilcox County	Alabama	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:18 AM	7:21 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:21 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:13 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:14 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:06 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:04 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:06 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:08 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:09 AM	7:21 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:07 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:01 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wilcox County were on the road by 7:01 AM, 18 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:18 AM). Across Alabama, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Wilcox County now leave 37 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Wilcox County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Wilcox County in the whole series.

How does Wilcox County's commute time compare?

Metric	Wilcox County	Alabama	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.0 min	22.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.1%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Wilcox County is 26.0 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Alabama.

0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Alabama. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.1% in Alabama.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wilcox County, AL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wilcox County, AL is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 10,172 residents against a local median of 19,388. Wilcox County, AL's one-way commute, at 26.0 min, runs 25% above the 20.8 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves sit within 2.3 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Wilcox County, AL, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Wilcox County, AL has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Wilcox County, AL	10,172	26.0 min #6/6	5.1% #3/6	7:01 AM #1/6
Dallas County, AL	36,858	20.3 min	6.0%	7:15 AM
Monroe County, AL	19,388	20.6 min	3.4%	7:04 AM
Marengo County, AL	18,851	21.4 min	4.6%	7:12 AM
Clarke County, AL	22,543	20.8 min	3.0%	7:11 AM
Conecuh County, AL	11,275	22.6 min	7.0%	7:13 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wilcox County, Alabama.

Is commuting expensive in Wilcox County, Alabama?

Commuters here spend an estimated 216 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,711 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical Alabama commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Wilcox County, Alabama?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Wilcox County, Alabama. 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.

Which counties in Alabama have the fastest and slowest commutes?

Among counties in Alabama, the shortest average commutes are in Pike County (16.4 min), Houston County (18.3 min), Escambia County (18.5 min). The longest are in Blount County (33.2 min), Pickens County (32.5 min), Lowndes County (31.9 min).