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Commute Time Burden in Wilkin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wilkin County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 140 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.

Wilkin County holds about 0.1% of Minnesota's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wilkin County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,735 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)
Wilkin County 16.8 min 33.6 min 140 hrs/yr $4,337 289
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
  1. Brown County (10.6 min)
  2. Pennington County (10.8 min)
  3. Cottonwood County (10.9 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Minnesota
  1. Chisago County (30.9 min)
  2. Wright County (28.8 min)
  3. Sherburne County (28.8 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wilkin County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.8 minutes to get to work in Wilkin County. That's 25% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 working from home. About 8.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wilkin County

  • Car: 84.8%
  • Worked at Home: 8.4%
  • Walked: 4.3%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Taxi: 1.2% unusually high
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Wilkin County, versus 1.8% in Minnesota.

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Wilkin County: 5.9 times more than the Minnesota average (1.2% vs 0.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in Wilkin County, versus 0.5% in Minnesota.

Commute Mode Trends in Wilkin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wilkin 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 Taxi Other Motorcycle Public Transportation Bicycle
2009 89.5% 5.3% 4.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 88.0% 6.1% 5.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4%
2011 88.1% 7.5% 3.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6%
2012 88.3% 7.3% 3.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5%
2013 87.0% 8.4% 3.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.6%
2014 86.8% 8.3% 4.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2015 87.9% 7.6% 3.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2016 89.7% 6.3% 3.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2017 90.1% 6.3% 2.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2018 88.5% 7.6% 2.7% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2019 88.8% 6.3% 3.3% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
2020 87.7% 6.7% 3.3% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0%
2021 86.5% 7.7% 3.4% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2022 84.3% 8.4% 4.7% 0.7% 1.6% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2023 84.1% 8.2% 4.6% 0.9% 1.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2024 84.8% 8.4% 4.3% 1.2% 1.2% 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 was highest in 2017 at 90.1% and lowest in 2023 at 84.1%. Overall it fell from 89.5% in 2009 to 84.8% in 2024, down 4.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wilkin County: its share of workers rose from 5.3% in 2009 to 8.4% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 1.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Wilkin County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wilkin County?

The bars show when commuters in Wilkin 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
1.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
15.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
20.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Wilkin County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are about as common as in Minnesota: 13.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Minnesota: 58.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.1%) 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 Wilkin 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 Wilkin 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 Wilkin 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 Wilkin County Minnesota United States
2009 7:30 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:35 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:34 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:29 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:31 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:30 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:29 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:25 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:30 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:33 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:33 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:27 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:25 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wilkin County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Wilkin County now leave 13 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Wilkin County's commute time compare?

Metric Wilkin County Minnesota US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.8 min 20.3 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 8.4% 17.6% 15.0%
Walked 4.3% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.8% 3.2%

The average commute time in Wilkin County is 16.8 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 4.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wilkin County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wilkin County, MN is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,371 residents against a local median of 16,584. The measure that sets Wilkin County, MN apart most is work from home: 8.4%, 29% below the local median of 11.8%.

The counties themselves spread 8.6% on work from home, so Wilkin County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Wilkin County, MN has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Wilkin County, MN 6,371 16.8 min #4/6 8.4% #5/6 7:25 AM #1/6
Richland County, ND 16,584 12.7 min 8.2% 7:30 AM
Clay County, MN 66,074 17.2 min 11.8% 7:38 AM
Traverse County, MN 3,243 12.4 min 16.8% 7:36 AM
Grant County, MN 6,127 21.8 min 14.6% 7:29 AM
Otter Tail County, MN 60,475 16.3 min 10.4% 7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wilkin County, Minnesota.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 140 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,337 at a typical national wage. That's 17% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Wilkin County, Minnesota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Wilkin County, Minnesota?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).