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Commute Time Burden in Wibaux County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wibaux County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Montana average of 16.0 minutes each way.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wibaux County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,653 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)
Wibaux County 16.0 min 32.0 min 133 hrs/yr $4,133 52
Montana 16.0 min 32.1 min 134 hrs/yr $4,143 403
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: Montana Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Montana
  1. Treasure County (7.2 min)
  2. Rosebud County (8.2 min)
  3. Fallon County (8.4 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Montana
  1. Broadwater County (30.3 min)
  2. Stillwater County (27.8 min)
  3. Granite County (23.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wibaux County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.0 minutes to get to work in Wibaux County. That's 29% 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 18.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wibaux County

  • Car: 77.3%
  • Worked at Home: 18.6%
  • Walked: 3.5%
  • Bicycle: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Wibaux County, versus 0.1% in Montana.

Public transit is essentially absent in Wibaux County, versus 0.6% in Montana.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Wibaux County, versus 0.1% in Montana.

Commute Mode Trends in Wibaux County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wibaux 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 Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Other
2009 78.6% 11.7% 9.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 80.1% 12.8% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 81.5% 12.1% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 80.2% 15.1% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 85.9% 10.0% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2014 77.2% 13.4% 8.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2015 79.9% 9.3% 10.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2016 83.8% 7.6% 8.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2017 78.7% 13.0% 7.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2018 76.9% 15.7% 7.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 81.7% 11.0% 7.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 79.4% 15.9% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 83.9% 14.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 84.7% 12.1% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 81.5% 15.9% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 77.3% 18.6% 3.5% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 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 2013 at 85.9% and lowest in 2018 at 76.9%. Overall it fell from 78.6% in 2009 to 77.3% in 2024, down 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wibaux County: its share of workers rose from 11.7% in 2009 to 18.6% in 2024, up 6.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 9.7% to 3.5% of workers (down 6.2 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Wibaux County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wibaux County?

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

12:00-4:59 AM
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
3.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
24.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
18.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.5%

Wibaux County Montana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Wibaux County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 24.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.7% across Montana. Early starts are more common than in Montana: 15.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Montana's: 56.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 55.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.7%) 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 Wibaux 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 Wibaux 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 Wibaux County next to Montana 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 Wibaux County Montana United States
2009 7:32 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:33 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:36 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:22 AM 7:45 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:26 AM 7:45 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:24 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:21 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:27 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:34 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:30 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:31 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:35 AM 7:45 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:32 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:37 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:31 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wibaux County were on the road by 7:31 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:32 AM). Montana followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Wibaux County now leave 7 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Wibaux County's commute time compare?

Metric Wibaux County Montana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.0 min 16.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 18.6% 12.5% 15.0%
Walked 3.5% 3.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in Wibaux County is about the same as in Montana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Montana. 3.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.9% in Montana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wibaux County, MT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wibaux County, MT is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,193 residents against a local median of 2,760. Where Wibaux County, MT breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 203% above the local median of 6.1% at 18.6%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 16.0 min against a local median of 13.6 min, 17% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 17% above the local median it puts Wibaux County, MT at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 7.1% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Wibaux County, MT, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Wibaux County, MT has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Wibaux County, MT 1,193 16.0 min #4/6 18.6% #1/6 7:31 AM #5/6
Golden Valley County, ND 1,653 13.6 min 0.5% 7:41 AM
Fallon County, MT 2,760 8.4 min 6.2% 7:21 AM
Dawson County, MT 8,827 11.8 min 6.1% 7:29 AM
Billings County, ND 1,023 21.2 min 7.6% 7:11 AM
Richland County, MT 11,232 16.6 min 5.4% 7:26 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wibaux County, Montana.

Is living in Wibaux County, Montana good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 133 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,133 at a typical national wage.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Wibaux County, Montana?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Wibaux County, Montana. 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.

How common is public transit use in Wibaux County, Montana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Montana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Wibaux County, Montana?

About 18.6% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Wibaux County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,653 at the same national wage assumption used above.

How do commute times compare across counties in Montana?

Among counties in Montana, the shortest average commutes are in Treasure County (7.2 min), Rosebud County (8.2 min), Fallon County (8.4 min). The longest are in Broadwater County (30.3 min), Stillwater County (27.8 min), Granite County (23.3 min).