Chisago County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Chisago County, Minnesota: 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 Chisago County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Chisago County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 257 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% more time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 10.5 minutes.

Chisago County holds about 1.0% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Chisago County would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,188 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)
Chisago County	30.9 min	61.7 min	257 hrs/yr	$7,971	1,152
Minnesota	20.3 min	40.6 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,249	854
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: Minnesota Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Minnesota

Brown County (10.6 min)
Pennington County (10.8 min)
Cottonwood County (10.9 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Minnesota

Chisago County (30.9 min)
Wright County (28.8 min)
Sherburne County (28.8 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Chisago County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 30.9 minutes to get to work in Chisago County. That's 38% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county in Minnesota

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Chisago County

Public transit is unusually rare in Chisago County: 4.7 times less than the Minnesota average (0.4% vs 1.8%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Chisago County: 8.5 times less than the Minnesota average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Chisago County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Chisago 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	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	91.2%	4.9%	1.4%	1.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	91.9%	4.8%	1.0%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	92.0%	4.8%	1.0%	1.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	92.5%	4.4%	0.8%	1.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	92.4%	4.1%	1.0%	1.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	92.6%	4.1%	0.8%	1.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	91.8%	4.4%	0.9%	1.2%	1.0%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	91.0%	4.8%	0.7%	1.4%	1.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	90.2%	5.5%	0.6%	1.5%	1.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	90.7%	5.2%	0.4%	1.4%	1.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	90.3%	5.4%	0.6%	1.5%	1.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	89.2%	7.0%	0.6%	1.2%	1.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	87.2%	9.3%	0.8%	1.0%	1.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	85.8%	10.9%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	84.3%	12.7%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	83.2%	14.2%	1.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 83.2% in 2024, down 8.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Chisago County: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 14.2% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.9% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 1.6% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.4%.

Commute Start Times in Chisago County

Early BirdThe earliest start among Minnesota's 87 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:00 AM.
Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Minnesota's 87 counties: only 38.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Chisago County?

The bars show when commuters in Chisago 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 Minnesota for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		8.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		9.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		14.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

Chisago County Minnesota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Chisago County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.4% across Minnesota. Early starts are more common than in Minnesota: 25.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Minnesota: 38.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.9%) 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 Chisago 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 Chisago 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 Chisago County next to Minnesota 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	Chisago County	Minnesota	United States
2009	7:13 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:13 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:14 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:12 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:09 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:10 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:04 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:01 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:00 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Chisago County were on the road by 7:00 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:13 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Chisago County now leave 38 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 Chisago County has moved 10 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Chisago County in the whole series.

How does Chisago County's commute time compare?

Metric	Chisago County	Minnesota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.9 min	20.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 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	14.2%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	1.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Chisago County is 30.9 minutes, longer than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Chisago County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Chisago County, MN is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 57,989 residents against a local median of 276,224. Where Chisago County, MN breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 33% above the local median of 23.1 min at 30.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 14.2% against a local median of 17.2%, 17% below it. The counties themselves spread 6.5 min on one-way commute, so Chisago County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Chisago County, MN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Chisago County, MN	57,989	30.9 min #6/6	14.2% #4/6	7:00 AM #1/6
Isanti County, MN	42,596	26.9 min	12.2%	7:07 AM
Anoka County, MN	370,272	23.6 min	17.2%	7:24 AM
Washington County, MN	276,224	22.6 min	23.6%	7:34 AM
Polk County, WI	45,555	23.1 min	11.8%	7:12 AM
Ramsey County, MN	542,690	20.4 min	20.5%	7:55 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Chisago County, Minnesota.

Is living in Chisago County, Minnesota good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 257 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,971 at a typical national wage. That's 52% more than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Chisago County, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Chisago County, Minnesota. 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.

How common is public transit use in Chisago County, Minnesota?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 1.8% in Minnesota, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Minnesota?

Among counties in Minnesota, the shortest average commutes are in Brown County (10.6 min), Pennington County (10.8 min), Cottonwood County (10.9 min). The longest are in Chisago County (30.9 min), Wright County (28.8 min), Sherburne County (28.8 min).