Commuting in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Crawford 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 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.
Crawford County holds about 0.1% of Michigan's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Crawford County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,760 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)
Crawford County
17.0 min
34.1 min
142 hrs/yr
$4,400
471
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
17.0
minutes to get to work in
Crawford County.
That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% of counties in Michigan
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 8.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Crawford County
Car:
86.1%
Worked at Home:
8.4%
Walked:
2.6%
Other:
1.4%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.2%unusually high
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Crawford County: 3.0 times more than the Michigan average (0.2% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Crawford County, versus 0.1% in Michigan.
Commute Mode Trends in Crawford County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Crawford 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
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
91.5%
5.0%
2.0%
0.1%
0.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
91.6%
4.7%
2.1%
0.2%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
88.8%
5.0%
3.1%
0.3%
1.9%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
2012
90.3%
4.3%
2.4%
0.5%
2.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
90.8%
3.4%
2.8%
0.5%
2.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
90.8%
3.7%
3.1%
0.7%
1.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
89.5%
4.4%
3.5%
1.1%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
90.4%
4.1%
3.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
90.2%
4.2%
4.0%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
90.2%
5.0%
3.4%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
91.3%
4.5%
2.8%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
92.0%
3.6%
3.4%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
91.0%
4.6%
2.9%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
90.4%
4.8%
2.6%
0.6%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
88.6%
5.8%
2.8%
0.9%
1.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
86.1%
8.4%
2.6%
1.4%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
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 92.0%. Overall it fell from 91.5% in 2009 to 86.1% in 2024, down 5.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Crawford County: its share of workers rose from 5.0% in 2009 to 8.4% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit peaked at 2.1% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.7%.
Commute Start Times in Crawford County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crawford County?
The bars show when commuters in Crawford 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 AMCrawford County4.3%Michigan5.3%
4.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCrawford County2.3%Michigan3.9%
2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCrawford County5.3%Michigan5.1%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCrawford County6.7%Michigan8.0%
6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCrawford County9.7%Michigan9.0%
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCrawford County11.9%Michigan13.0%
11.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCrawford County20.8%Michigan12.1%
20.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCrawford County10.3%Michigan10.9%
10.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCrawford County6.3%Michigan5.6%
6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCrawford County4.5%Michigan6.7%
4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCrawford County2.2%Michigan3.2%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCrawford County0.5%Michigan1.6%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCrawford County9.6%Michigan8.5%
9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCrawford County5.7%Michigan7.1%
5.7%
Crawford CountyMichiganSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Crawford County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Michigan. Early starts are less common than in Michigan: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Michigan: 52.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.5%) 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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
Crawford County
Michigan
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:39 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:45 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
7:42 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:39 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:40 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:45 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:52 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:50 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:45 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Crawford County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Crawford County now leave 6 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Crawford County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Crawford County's commute time compare?
Metric
Crawford County
Michigan
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.0 min
21.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
8.4%
13.5%
15.0%
Walked
2.6%
2.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Crawford County is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Michigan.
Crawford County, MI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Crawford County, MI is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,369 residents against a local median of 18,239. The measure that sets Crawford County, MI apart most is one-way commute: 17.0 min, 18% below the local median of 20.8 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 8.4% against a local median of 10.2%, 17% below it. The counties themselves spread 10.7 min on one-way commute, so Crawford County, MI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crawford County, MI has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Crawford County, Michigan.
Is living in Crawford County, Michigan good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,400 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Michigan commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Crawford County, Michigan?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Crawford County, Michigan. 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.
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).