Commuting in Cheboygan County, Michigan: 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 Cheboygan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cheboygan County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way.
Cheboygan County holds about 0.3% of Michigan's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Cheboygan County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,202 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)
Cheboygan County
21.3 min
42.6 min
178 hrs/yr
$5,506
793
Michigan
21.3 min
42.6 min
178 hrs/yr
$5,509
1,585
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
21.3
minutes to get to work in
Cheboygan County.
That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cheboygan County
Car:
87.4%
Worked at Home:
10.1%
Walked:
1.3%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Other:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Cheboygan County: 4.7 times less than the Michigan average (0.2% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cheboygan County, versus 0.1% in Michigan.
Commute Mode Trends in Cheboygan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cheboygan 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
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
89.3%
4.6%
4.2%
0.5%
0.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
89.9%
5.1%
3.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
90.7%
4.1%
3.3%
0.3%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2012
90.6%
4.8%
2.7%
0.3%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
90.4%
5.7%
2.0%
0.3%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
90.2%
5.7%
1.9%
0.4%
1.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
90.8%
5.4%
1.8%
0.2%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
91.2%
5.0%
1.7%
0.2%
0.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2017
92.1%
4.3%
1.4%
0.1%
0.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
92.5%
3.8%
1.7%
0.1%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
92.4%
4.0%
1.5%
0.1%
0.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
90.4%
5.7%
1.2%
0.8%
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
2021
89.2%
7.5%
1.4%
0.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
88.3%
8.6%
1.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
87.7%
9.8%
0.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
87.4%
10.1%
1.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
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 2018 at 92.5%. Overall it fell from 89.3% in 2009 to 87.4% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cheboygan County: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 5.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.2% to 1.3% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Cheboygan County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cheboygan County?
The bars show when commuters in Cheboygan 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 Michigan for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMCheboygan County3.7%Michigan5.3%
3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCheboygan County3.5%Michigan3.9%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCheboygan County5.2%Michigan5.1%
5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCheboygan County10.1%Michigan8.0%
10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCheboygan County8.6%Michigan9.0%
8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCheboygan County19.1%Michigan13.0%
19.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCheboygan County14.3%Michigan12.1%
14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCheboygan County8.9%Michigan10.9%
8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCheboygan County2.6%Michigan5.6%
2.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCheboygan County7.0%Michigan6.7%
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCheboygan County2.5%Michigan3.2%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCheboygan County0.7%Michigan1.6%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCheboygan County6.7%Michigan8.5%
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCheboygan County7.2%Michigan7.1%
7.2%
Cheboygan CountyMichiganSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cheboygan County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Michigan. Early starts are less common than in Michigan: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Michigan: 50.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.0%) 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 Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan 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 Cheboygan County next to Michigan 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
Cheboygan County
Michigan
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:42 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:41 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:44 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:45 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:46 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:44 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:41 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:43 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:43 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:36 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:30 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cheboygan County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Cheboygan County now leave 8 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 Cheboygan County has moved 12 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Cheboygan County in the whole series.
How does Cheboygan County's commute time compare?
Metric
Cheboygan County
Michigan
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.3 min
21.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
10.1%
13.5%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cheboygan County is about the same as in Michigan.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Michigan.
Cheboygan County, MI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cheboygan County, MI is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 25,865 residents against a local median of 13,369. Where Cheboygan County, MI breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 25% above the local median of 17.0 min at 21.3 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 7.2 min on one-way commute, so Cheboygan County, MI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cheboygan County, MI has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
Is living in Cheboygan County, Michigan good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,506 at a typical national wage.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Cheboygan County, Michigan?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Cheboygan County, Michigan?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Michigan, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Michigan?
Among counties in Michigan, the shortest average commutes are in Luce County (11.4 min), Dickinson County (12.2 min), Schoolcraft County (12.5 min). The longest are in Lapeer County (31.3 min), Lake County (31.1 min), Livingston County (28.6 min).