Schoolcraft County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Schoolcraft County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Schoolcraft County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 104 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% less time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.

Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft County would save about 42 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,292 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)
Schoolcraft County	12.5 min	25.0 min	104 hrs/yr	$3,229	141
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 12.5 minutes to get to work in Schoolcraft County. That's 44% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Michigan

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 4.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Schoolcraft County

• Car: 89.5%
• Walked: 5.4%
• Worked at Home: 4.3% unusually low
• Other: 0.4%
• Bicycle: 0.3%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Schoolcraft County: 15.1 times less than the Michigan average (0.1% vs 0.9%).

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Schoolcraft County: 3.1 times less than the Michigan average (4.3% vs 13.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Schoolcraft County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Schoolcraft 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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• Walked
• Worked at Home
• Other
• Bicycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	83.4%	8.2%	4.7%	0.6%	0.1%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	86.1%	6.2%	4.5%	1.1%	0.2%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	89.6%	5.4%	4.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.6%	5.4%	3.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	90.2%	4.4%	4.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	89.0%	4.5%	5.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.9%	5.5%	4.7%	0.1%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	87.5%	5.5%	5.0%	0.2%	0.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	87.8%	4.7%	5.0%	0.4%	0.3%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	89.3%	4.8%	3.7%	0.3%	0.3%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	88.8%	6.1%	2.9%	1.2%	0.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.8%	7.3%	2.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.5%	5.7%	3.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.5%	5.5%	3.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.6%	4.7%	3.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.5%	5.4%	4.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	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 2012 at 90.6%. Overall it rose from 83.4% in 2009 to 89.5% in 2024, up 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.0% to 0.1% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Schoolcraft County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Schoolcraft County?

The bars show when commuters in Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft County6.9% Michigan5.3%	6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Schoolcraft County3.8% Michigan3.9%	3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Schoolcraft County8.4% Michigan5.1%	8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Schoolcraft County9.6% Michigan8.0%	9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Schoolcraft County10.3% Michigan9.0%	10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Schoolcraft County7.8% Michigan13.0%	7.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Schoolcraft County25.2% Michigan12.1%	25.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Schoolcraft County7.8% Michigan10.9%	7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Schoolcraft County2.8% Michigan5.6%	2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Schoolcraft County3.8% Michigan6.7%	3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Schoolcraft County0.4% Michigan3.2%	0.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Schoolcraft County1.9% Michigan1.6%	1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Schoolcraft County7.4% Michigan8.5%	7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Schoolcraft County3.7% Michigan7.1%	3.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Schoolcraft County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 25.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Michigan. Early starts are more common than in Michigan: 19.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Michigan: 51.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.2%) 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 Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft 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.

• Schoolcraft County
• Michigan
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Schoolcraft County	Michigan	United States
2009	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:50 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:51 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:51 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:51 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:49 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:43 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:37 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:34 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:33 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:34 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Schoolcraft County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:48 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Schoolcraft County now leave 4 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 Schoolcraft County has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Schoolcraft County's commute time compare?

Metric	Schoolcraft County	Michigan	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.5 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.3%	13.5%	15.0%
Walked	5.4%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Schoolcraft County is 12.5 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 5.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Michigan.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau