Commuting in Clinton County, Iowa: 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 Clinton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clinton County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.
Clinton County holds about 1.4% of Iowa's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clinton County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,776 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)
Clinton County
17.2 min
34.4 min
143 hrs/yr
$4,440
309
Iowa
17.0 min
33.9 min
141 hrs/yr
$4,382
606
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.
On average, it takes
17.2
minutes to get to work in
Clinton County.
That's 23% shorter 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 6.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clinton County
Car:
88.1%
Worked at Home:
6.8%
Walked:
2.7%
Other:
0.9%
Motorcycle:
0.6%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Taxi:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Clinton County: 6.0 times more than the Iowa average (0.6% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Clinton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clinton 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
Walked
Other
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
91.2%
3.6%
3.0%
0.9%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
91.1%
3.4%
3.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
91.7%
3.4%
2.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
91.7%
3.7%
2.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
91.6%
3.8%
2.9%
0.5%
0.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
92.7%
3.1%
2.3%
0.7%
0.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
91.9%
3.4%
2.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
91.9%
3.8%
2.5%
0.7%
0.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
90.9%
4.5%
2.5%
0.9%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
90.2%
5.3%
2.8%
0.7%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
90.4%
5.4%
2.4%
0.8%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
90.4%
5.1%
2.3%
0.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
2021
90.0%
5.7%
1.9%
0.9%
0.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2022
89.8%
5.8%
2.0%
0.9%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
2023
89.7%
6.0%
2.0%
0.9%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
2024
88.1%
6.8%
2.7%
0.9%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 92.7%. Overall it fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 88.1% in 2024, down 3.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clinton County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points.
Commute Start Times in Clinton County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clinton County?
The bars show when commuters in Clinton 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 Iowa for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMClinton County7.2%Iowa5.2%
7.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClinton County4.5%Iowa4.1%
4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClinton County7.8%Iowa5.7%
7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClinton County9.3%Iowa8.2%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClinton County11.7%Iowa11.2%
11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClinton County13.2%Iowa15.1%
13.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClinton County15.2%Iowa15.6%
15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClinton County6.6%Iowa9.1%
6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClinton County3.3%Iowa3.6%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClinton County4.3%Iowa4.4%
4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClinton County1.1%Iowa2.3%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClinton County0.9%Iowa1.1%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClinton County8.2%Iowa7.5%
8.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClinton County6.8%Iowa6.8%
6.8%
Clinton CountyIowaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clinton County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.6% across Iowa. Early starts are more common than in Iowa: 19.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Iowa: 46.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.2%) 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County next to Iowa 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
Clinton County
Iowa
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:18 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:15 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:24 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clinton County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Iowa, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Clinton County now leave 16 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 Clinton County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Clinton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clinton County
Iowa
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.2 min
17.0 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
6.8%
11.3%
15.0%
Walked
2.7%
2.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clinton County is about the same as in Iowa.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 2.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.9% in Iowa.
Clinton County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clinton County, IA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 46,268 residents against a local median of 21,851. Clinton County, IA's work from home, at 6.8%, runs 38% below the 10.9% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 3.9% on work from home, so Clinton County, IA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clinton County, IA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clinton County, Iowa.
Is commuting expensive in Clinton County, Iowa?
Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,440 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Iowa commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Clinton County, Iowa?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Clinton County, Iowa. 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 Iowa have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Iowa, the shortest average commutes are in Sioux County (10.1 min), Union County (10.4 min), Cass County (10.6 min). The longest are in Monroe County (30.4 min), Madison County (30.1 min), Mills County (26.7 min).