Keweenaw County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Keweenaw County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Keweenaw County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 158 hours, about 6.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.

Keweenaw County holds about 0.0% of Michigan's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Keweenaw County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,959 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)
Keweenaw County	19.0 min	37.9 min	158 hrs/yr	$4,897	487
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.

Commute Time Map: Michigan Counties

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On average, it takes 19.0 minutes to get to work in Keweenaw County. That's 15% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Keweenaw County

• Car: 72.0%
• Worked at Home: 17.6%
• Walked: 8.4% unusually high
• Other: 2.0%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Keweenaw County, versus 0.1% in Michigan.

Walking is unusually common in Keweenaw County: 4.2 times more than the Michigan average (8.4% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Keweenaw County, versus 0.9% in Michigan.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Keweenaw County, versus 0.1% in Michigan.

Biking is essentially absent in Keweenaw County, versus 0.3% in Michigan.

Keweenaw County stands out for active commuting: 8.4% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.6 times the Michigan average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Keweenaw County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Keweenaw 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.5%	6.0%	4.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
2010	87.8%	6.6%	4.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2011	86.1%	6.3%	6.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2012	85.9%	7.7%	5.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	85.8%	8.2%	4.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	85.8%	9.3%	3.7%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.1%	7.6%	3.9%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	88.3%	7.3%	2.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2017	88.1%	7.9%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2018	91.2%	5.4%	2.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	88.2%	7.5%	3.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	84.0%	8.8%	4.3%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	80.4%	13.4%	3.8%	2.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	80.6%	14.0%	3.1%	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	72.0%	16.9%	8.5%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	72.0%	17.6%	8.4%	2.0%	0.0%	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 2018 at 91.2%. Overall it fell from 88.5% in 2009 to 72.0% in 2024, down 16.5 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Keweenaw County: its share of workers rose from 6.0% in 2009 to 17.6% in 2024, up 11.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Keweenaw County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Keweenaw County?

The bars show when commuters in Keweenaw 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 AM Keweenaw County6.1% Michigan5.3%	6.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Keweenaw County0.6% Michigan3.9%	0.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Keweenaw County16.4% Michigan5.1%	16.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Keweenaw County1.2% Michigan8.0%	1.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Keweenaw County9.5% Michigan9.0%	9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Keweenaw County12.3% Michigan13.0%	12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Keweenaw County10.3% Michigan12.1%	10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Keweenaw County8.3% Michigan10.9%	8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Keweenaw County4.8% Michigan5.6%	4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Keweenaw County5.9% Michigan6.7%	5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Keweenaw County4.1% Michigan3.2%	4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Keweenaw County2.7% Michigan1.6%	2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Keweenaw County10.8% Michigan8.5%	10.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Keweenaw County7.0% Michigan7.1%	7.0%

Keweenaw County Michigan Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Keweenaw County is 5:30-5:59 AM, when 16.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.1% across Michigan. Early starts are more common than in Michigan: 23.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Michigan: 40.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.5%) 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 Keweenaw 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 Keweenaw 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 Keweenaw 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.

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• Michigan
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Keweenaw County	Michigan	United States
2009	7:52 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:35 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 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	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:47 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:51 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:49 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:46 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Keweenaw County were on the road by 7:42 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:52 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Keweenaw County now leave 4 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 Keweenaw County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Keweenaw County's commute time compare?

Metric	Keweenaw County	Michigan	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	19.0 min	21.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	05:30 AM – 05:59 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	17.6%	13.5%	15.0%
Walked	8.4%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Keweenaw County is 19.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 8.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Michigan.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau