Windham County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Windham 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 Windham County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Windham County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Vermont average of 20.5 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.

Windham County holds about 7.1% of Vermont's population but accounts for roughly 6.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Windham County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,870 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)
Windham County	18.1 min	36.2 min	151 hrs/yr	$4,675	811
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

Windham County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in Windham County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Vermont

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Windham County

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Windham County: 3.4 times more than the Vermont average (0.0% vs 0.0%).

Commute Mode Trends in Windham County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Windham 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	83.9%	7.4%	7.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	83.2%	8.1%	7.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	82.7%	8.2%	7.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	81.8%	9.6%	6.8%	0.3%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	81.6%	10.4%	6.1%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	81.2%	10.8%	5.8%	0.6%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	80.8%	11.2%	5.8%	0.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	80.2%	11.5%	5.5%	1.0%	1.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	79.4%	12.1%	5.4%	1.3%	1.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	79.2%	12.0%	5.7%	1.1%	1.2%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	79.6%	11.6%	5.8%	1.0%	1.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	77.6%	14.2%	5.7%	0.9%	0.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	76.8%	14.8%	5.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2022	76.8%	16.2%	5.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	76.3%	17.1%	5.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	74.2%	18.5%	5.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 83.9% in 2009 to 74.2% in 2024, down 9.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Windham County: its share of workers rose from 7.4% in 2009 to 18.5% in 2024, up 11.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.4% to 5.3% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Windham County

Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Vermont's 14 counties: only 51.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Vermont's 14 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:49 AM.
Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Vermont's 14 counties: 22.4% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Windham County?

The bars show when commuters in Windham 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		4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Windham County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Vermont. Early starts are more common than in Vermont: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Vermont: 51.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 54.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.4%) 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 Windham 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 Windham 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 Windham 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	Windham County	Vermont	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:46 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:46 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:43 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:52 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:55 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:53 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:51 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:49 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Windham County were on the road by 7:49 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Vermont followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Windham County 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 Windham County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Windham County's commute time compare?

Metric	Windham County	Vermont	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.1 min	20.5 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	18.5%	16.9%	15.0%
Walked	5.3%	4.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Windham County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 20.5 minutes in Vermont.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Vermont. 5.3% commute by walking, higher than the 4.4% in Vermont.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Windham County, VT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Windham County, VT is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 45,878 residents against a local median of 57,919. The measure that sets Windham County, VT apart most is work from home: 18.5%, 22% above the local median of 15.1%.

The counties themselves spread 7.6% on work from home, so Windham County, VT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Windham County, VT has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Windham County, VT	45,878	18.1 min #2/6	18.5% #1/6	7:49 AM #5/6
Bennington County, VT	37,269	16.5 min	17.7%	7:41 AM
Franklin County, MA	70,937	20.4 min	15.1%	7:55 AM
Cheshire County, NH	77,281	18.6 min	13.1%	7:33 AM
Windsor County, VT	57,919	21.0 min	17.9%	7:35 AM
Sullivan County, NH	43,677	23.5 min	10.2%	7:19 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Windham County, Vermont.

Is commuting expensive in Windham County, Vermont?

Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,675 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Vermont commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Windham County, Vermont?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Windham County, Vermont. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 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).