Addison County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Addison County, Vermont: 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 Addison County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Addison County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 169 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Vermont average of 20.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Addison County holds about 5.8% of Vermont's population and accounts for roughly 5.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Addison County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,101 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)
Addison County	20.3 min	40.7 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,252	528
Vermont	20.5 min	41.0 min	171 hrs/yr	$5,295	718
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: Vermont Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Vermont

Bennington County (16.5 min)
Windham County (18.1 min)
Rutland County (18.4 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Vermont

Grand Isle County (32.0 min)
Franklin County (26.5 min)
Essex County (23.5 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Addison County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.3 minutes to get to work in Addison County. That's 9% 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 17.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Addison County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Addison County, versus 0.1% in Vermont.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Addison County, versus 0.0% in Vermont.

Commute Mode Trends in Addison County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Addison 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	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	79.8%	7.6%	10.2%	1.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	78.8%	8.6%	10.3%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	79.5%	8.2%	10.1%	0.5%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%
2012	80.3%	8.7%	8.6%	0.5%	0.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	79.9%	9.0%	8.7%	0.4%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	81.5%	8.4%	8.0%	0.4%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	81.3%	8.2%	8.6%	0.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	81.7%	9.1%	7.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	81.1%	9.4%	7.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	81.5%	9.7%	6.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	80.3%	10.3%	7.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	79.1%	11.2%	8.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	76.9%	13.7%	7.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	77.8%	14.5%	6.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	75.3%	15.6%	7.4%	0.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	74.3%	17.4%	6.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	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 81.7%. Overall it fell from 79.8% in 2009 to 74.3% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Addison County: its share of workers rose from 7.6% in 2009 to 17.4% in 2024, up 9.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 10.2% to 6.6% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Addison County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Addison County?

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

12:00-4:59 AM		3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.2%

Addison County Vermont Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Addison County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.4% across Vermont. Early starts are about as common as in Vermont: 10.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Vermont's: 55.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 54.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 Addison 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 Addison 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 Addison County next to Vermont 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	Addison County	Vermont	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:30 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:31 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Addison County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). Vermont followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Addison County now leave 3 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 Addison County has moved 7 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Addison County in the whole series.

How does Addison County's commute time compare?

Metric	Addison County	Vermont	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.3 min	20.5 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	17.4%	16.9%	15.0%
Walked	6.6%	4.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Addison County is about the same as in Vermont.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Vermont. 6.6% commute by walking, higher than the 4.4% in Vermont.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Addison County, VT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Addison County, VT is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 37,599 residents against a local median of 60,005. Addison County, VT sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 7% above the local median at 20.3 min against 19.0 min. Addison County, VT has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Addison County, VT	37,599	20.3 min #5/6	17.4% #4/6	7:35 AM #3/6
Chittenden County, VT	169,680	19.0 min	19.8%	7:54 AM
Rutland County, VT	60,423	18.4 min	10.6%	7:32 AM
Washington County, VT	60,005	20.0 min	19.1%	7:37 AM
Essex County, NY	36,973	17.6 min	13.2%	7:35 AM
Windsor County, VT	57,919	21.0 min	17.9%	7:35 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Addison County, Vermont.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Addison County, Vermont?

Commuters here spend an estimated 169 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,252 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Vermont commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Addison County, Vermont?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Addison County, Vermont. 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 do commute times compare across counties in Vermont?

Among counties in Vermont, the shortest average commutes are in Bennington County (16.5 min), Windham County (18.1 min), Rutland County (18.4 min). The longest are in Grand Isle County (32.0 min), Franklin County (26.5 min), Essex County (23.5 min).