Commuting in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Franklin County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 221 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% more time on the road than the Vermont average of 20.5 minutes each way, a difference of 6.0 minutes.
Franklin County holds about 7.8% of Vermont's population but accounts for roughly 10.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Franklin County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,743 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)
Franklin County
26.5 min
53.1 min
221 hrs/yr
$6,857
691
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.
On average, it takes
26.5
minutes to get to work in
Franklin County.
That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 3 slowest counties in Vermont
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Franklin County
Car:
82.3%
Worked at Home:
14.3%
Walked:
2.1%
Other:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually high
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Franklin County: 3.0 times less than the Vermont average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Franklin County: 6.1 times more than the Vermont average (0.0% vs 0.0%).
Biking is unusually rare in Franklin County: 18.3 times less than the Vermont average (0.0% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Franklin County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Franklin 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
88.9%
4.8%
3.3%
1.9%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
2010
89.1%
5.0%
3.3%
1.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
88.9%
4.9%
3.6%
1.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
89.0%
5.1%
3.8%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2013
90.3%
5.0%
3.2%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2014
90.7%
4.6%
3.2%
0.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
90.4%
4.4%
3.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
90.2%
4.8%
3.6%
0.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
90.5%
4.9%
3.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
90.5%
4.7%
3.3%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
91.3%
4.9%
2.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
91.1%
6.0%
1.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
89.3%
8.2%
1.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
87.3%
10.4%
1.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
85.2%
12.4%
1.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
82.3%
14.3%
2.1%
0.8%
0.5%
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 peaked in 2019 at 91.3%. Overall it fell from 88.9% in 2009 to 82.3% in 2024, down 6.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Franklin County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 14.3% in 2024, up 9.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 2.1% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Franklin County
🐦Early BirdThe earliest start among Vermont's 14 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:16 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Franklin County?
The bars show when commuters in Franklin 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
12:00-4:59 AMFranklin County4.7%Vermont3.9%
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMFranklin County4.0%Vermont2.7%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMFranklin County6.0%Vermont4.3%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMFranklin County10.9%Vermont8.0%
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMFranklin County13.7%Vermont10.9%
13.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMFranklin County19.9%Vermont16.4%
19.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMFranklin County11.3%Vermont15.5%
11.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMFranklin County8.1%Vermont11.8%
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMFranklin County3.7%Vermont5.6%
3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMFranklin County3.5%Vermont5.7%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMFranklin County2.1%Vermont2.7%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMFranklin County1.0%Vermont1.4%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMFranklin County6.9%Vermont6.3%
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMFranklin County4.2%Vermont4.8%
4.2%
Franklin CountyVermontSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Franklin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.4% across Vermont. Early starts are more common than in Vermont: 14.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Vermont's: 53.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 54.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.7%) 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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
Franklin County
Vermont
United States
2009
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:17 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:17 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:19 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Franklin County were on the road by 7:16 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Vermont, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Franklin County now leave 22 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 Franklin County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Franklin County's commute time compare?
Metric
Franklin County
Vermont
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.5 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
14.3%
16.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.1%
4.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Franklin County is 26.5 minutes, longer than the 20.5 minutes in Vermont.
0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Vermont. 2.1% commute by walking, lower than the 4.4% in Vermont.
Franklin County, VT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Franklin County, VT is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 50,633 residents against a local median of 27,611. The measure that sets Franklin County, VT apart most is one-way commute: 26.5 min, 28% above the local median of 20.8 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 14.3% against a local median of 17.9%, 20% below it. The counties themselves spread 13.0 min on one-way commute, so Franklin County, VT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Franklin County, VT has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Franklin County, Vermont.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Franklin County, Vermont?
Commuters here spend an estimated 221 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,857 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical Vermont commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Franklin County, Vermont?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Franklin County, Vermont. 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.
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).