Commuting in Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Crow Wing County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 146 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.
Crow Wing County holds about 1.2% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Crow Wing County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,816 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)
Crow Wing County
17.6 min
35.2 min
146 hrs/yr
$4,541
729
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.
On average, it takes
17.6
minutes to get to work in
Crow Wing County.
That's 22% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Crow Wing County
Car:
83.0%
Worked at Home:
13.2%
Walked:
1.8%
Other:
1.1%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Crow Wing County: 6.1 times less than the Minnesota average (0.3% vs 1.8%).
Commute Mode Trends in Crow Wing County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Crow Wing 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
91.3%
4.9%
1.9%
0.8%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
90.5%
5.5%
1.8%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
90.1%
6.0%
1.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
90.1%
6.2%
1.9%
0.6%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
90.3%
6.1%
1.8%
0.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
2014
90.1%
6.2%
1.7%
0.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
2015
90.9%
5.8%
1.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
91.0%
5.7%
1.5%
0.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
91.3%
5.2%
1.5%
0.7%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
90.8%
5.5%
1.9%
0.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
90.5%
5.9%
2.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
88.9%
7.5%
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
88.1%
8.1%
1.9%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
86.6%
9.5%
1.9%
1.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
85.0%
11.3%
1.6%
1.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
83.0%
13.2%
1.8%
1.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 83.0% in 2024, down 8.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Crow Wing County: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 13.2% in 2024, up 8.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Crow Wing County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crow Wing County?
The bars show when commuters in Crow Wing 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
12:00-4:59 AMCrow Wing County3.9%Minnesota5.0%
3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCrow Wing County3.6%Minnesota3.8%
3.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCrow Wing County6.0%Minnesota5.2%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCrow Wing County7.8%Minnesota8.4%
7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCrow Wing County12.5%Minnesota10.2%
12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCrow Wing County18.3%Minnesota14.8%
18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCrow Wing County15.2%Minnesota13.8%
15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCrow Wing County8.3%Minnesota10.4%
8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCrow Wing County3.8%Minnesota4.7%
3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCrow Wing County4.7%Minnesota5.8%
4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCrow Wing County2.7%Minnesota2.7%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCrow Wing County0.9%Minnesota1.3%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCrow Wing County6.6%Minnesota8.2%
6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCrow Wing County5.6%Minnesota5.8%
5.6%
Crow Wing CountyMinnesotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Crow Wing County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are about as common as in Minnesota: 13.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Minnesota: 54.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.5%) 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing 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
Crow Wing County
Minnesota
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:27 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Crow Wing County were on the road by 7:27 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Crow Wing County now leave 11 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 Crow Wing County has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Crow Wing County in the whole series.
How does Crow Wing County's commute time compare?
Metric
Crow Wing County
Minnesota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.6 min
20.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 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
13.2%
17.6%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
1.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Crow Wing County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Minnesota.
Crow Wing County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Crow Wing County, MN is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 67,686 residents against a local median of 30,992. Crow Wing County, MN's work from home, at 13.2%, runs 30% above the 10.2% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 17.6 min against a local median of 21.0 min, 16% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% below the local median it puts Crow Wing County, MN at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.0% on work from home, so Crow Wing County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crow Wing County, MN has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Crow Wing County, Minnesota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 146 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,541 at a typical national wage. That's 13% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Crow Wing County, Minnesota?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. 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.
Do people use public transit in Crow Wing County, Minnesota?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.8% in Minnesota, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).