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Commuting in Wildwood, Missouri: 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 Wildwood: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wildwood spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 224 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% more time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.0 minutes.

Wildwood holds about 0.7% of Missouri's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wildwood would save about 90 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,781 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)
Wildwood 26.9 min 53.8 min 224 hrs/yr $6,952 3,374
Missouri 21.0 min 41.9 min 175 hrs/yr $5,415 923
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.

Wildwood Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.9 minutes to get to work in Wildwood. That's 20% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wildwood

  • Car: 73.8%
  • Worked at Home: 24.6%
  • Walked: 0.7%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Wildwood: 8.7 times less than the Missouri average (0.1% vs 0.8%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Wildwood: 5.9 times less than the Missouri average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in Wildwood, versus 0.2% in Missouri.

Commute Mode Trends in Wildwood, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wildwood 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 Motorcycle Taxi Bicycle
2009 89.8% 7.5% 0.5% 1.4% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2010 90.0% 7.3% 0.5% 1.4% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2011 89.5% 7.6% 0.7% 1.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 89.3% 7.9% 0.6% 1.1% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 88.8% 8.4% 0.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 89.1% 8.2% 1.2% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2015 89.6% 7.6% 1.3% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2016 90.7% 7.3% 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 90.3% 7.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 89.6% 8.3% 0.9% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 89.1% 8.8% 0.9% 0.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 85.7% 11.9% 1.3% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 80.6% 17.0% 1.2% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 79.1% 18.8% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 76.4% 22.1% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 73.8% 24.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.1% 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 2016 at 90.7%. Overall it fell from 89.8% in 2009 to 73.8% in 2024, down 16.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wildwood: its share of workers rose from 7.5% in 2009 to 24.6% in 2024, up 17.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Wildwood

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wildwood?

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

12:00-4:59 AM
2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
13.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
17.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.2%

Wildwood Missouri Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Wildwood is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Missouri. Early starts are less common than in Missouri: 7.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Missouri: 57.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.7%) 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 Wildwood, 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 Wildwood 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 Wildwood next to Missouri 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 Wildwood Missouri United States
2009 7:35 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:32 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:33 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:33 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:35 AM 7:33 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:34 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:34 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:29 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:28 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:31 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:35 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:36 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:41 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:46 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:49 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wildwood were on the road by 7:49 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Wildwood now leave 11 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Wildwood has moved 18 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Wildwood in the whole series.

How does Wildwood's commute time compare?

Metric Wildwood Missouri US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.9 min 21.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 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 24.6% 13.0% 15.0%
Walked 0.7% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.8% 3.2%

The average commute time in Wildwood is 26.9 minutes, longer than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wildwood, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Wildwood, MO compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Wildwood, MO 40,460 26.9 min #3/3 24.6% #2/3 7:49 AM #2/3
Chesterfield, MO 46,242 21.7 min 26.8% 7:55 AM
Ballwin, MO 29,596 23.5 min 21.6% 7:42 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wildwood, Missouri.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Wildwood, Missouri?

Commuters here spend an estimated 224 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,952 at a typical national wage. That's 28% more than the typical Missouri commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Wildwood, Missouri?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Wildwood, Missouri. 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 Wildwood, Missouri?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.8% in Missouri, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much time do residents in Wildwood, Missouri save by working from home?

About 24.6% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Wildwood would save about 90 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,781 at the same national wage assumption used above.