Luce County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Luce County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Luce County spend about 23 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 95 hours, about 4.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 46% less time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 9.9 minutes.

Luce County holds about 0.1% of Michigan's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Luce County would save about 38 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,182 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)
Luce County	11.4 min	22.9 min	95 hrs/yr	$2,955	176
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

Fastest commutes among counties in Michigan

Luce County (11.4 min)
Dickinson County (12.2 min)
Schoolcraft County (12.5 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Michigan

Lapeer County (31.3 min)
Lake County (31.1 min)
Livingston County (28.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Luce County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.4 minutes to get to work in Luce County. That's 49% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Fastest county in Michigan

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Luce County

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

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

Biking is unusually rare in Luce County: 636499159.2 times less than the Michigan average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Luce County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Luce 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.7%	4.0%	2.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	92.8%	4.5%	2.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	93.3%	2.8%	2.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	93.9%	2.4%	3.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	91.0%	3.7%	4.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	89.7%	3.4%	5.3%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	89.4%	3.7%	5.2%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	89.2%	4.7%	4.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	89.2%	4.9%	4.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	90.3%	4.5%	2.9%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.6%	3.8%	2.6%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	89.9%	5.5%	2.8%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	90.0%	5.3%	2.9%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	85.7%	8.1%	2.8%	3.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	87.8%	7.3%	3.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.7%	7.6%	3.2%	1.2%	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 was highest in 2012 at 93.9% and lowest in 2022 at 85.7%. Overall it fell from 92.7% in 2009 to 87.7% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Luce County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 5.3% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 3.2%.

Commute Start Times in Luce County

Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Michigan's 83 counties: the typical start is 31 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Luce County?

The bars show when commuters in Luce 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		7.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		16.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Luce County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 16.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.0% across Michigan. Early starts are more common than in Michigan: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Michigan's: 46.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.0%) 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 Luce 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 Luce 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 Luce 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	Luce County	Michigan	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:42 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:34 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:16 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Luce County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 31 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Luce County now leave 22 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 Luce County has moved 23 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Luce County in the whole series.

How does Luce County's commute time compare?

Metric	Luce County	Michigan	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.4 min	21.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 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	7.6%	13.5%	15.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Luce County is 11.4 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Michigan.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Luce County, MI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Luce County, MI is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,271 residents against a local median of 10,957. The measure that sets Luce County, MI apart most is one-way commute: 11.4 min, 27% below the local median of 15.6 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 5.0 min on one-way commute, so Luce County, MI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Luce County, MI has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Luce County, MI	6,271	11.4 min #1/6	7.6% #4/6	7:16 AM #1/6
Mackinac County, MI	10,957	15.6 min	10.5%	7:51 AM
Schoolcraft County, MI	8,128	12.5 min	4.3%	7:34 AM
Alger County, MI	8,761	17.5 min	8.2%	7:41 AM
Chippewa County, MI	36,295	13.5 min	6.5%	7:47 AM
Charlevoix County, MI	26,108	17.5 min	12.4%	7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Luce County, Michigan.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Luce County, Michigan?

Commuters here spend an estimated 95 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,955 at a typical national wage. That's 46% less than the typical Michigan commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Luce County, Michigan?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Luce 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.

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).