Commuting in Calumet County, Wisconsin: 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 Calumet County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Calumet County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 154 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.
Calumet County holds about 0.9% of Wisconsin's population and accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Calumet County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,907 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)
Calumet County
18.5 min
36.9 min
154 hrs/yr
$4,767
1,430
Wisconsin
18.8 min
37.5 min
156 hrs/yr
$4,846
811
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
18.5
minutes to get to work in
Calumet County.
That's 18% 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 14.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Calumet County
Car:
83.2%
Worked at Home:
14.4%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Calumet County: 13.5 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 1.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Calumet County, versus 0.2% in Wisconsin.
Commute Mode Trends in Calumet County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Calumet 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
92.6%
3.8%
2.1%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
92.9%
3.8%
1.9%
0.3%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
93.0%
3.7%
1.9%
0.3%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2012
93.0%
3.8%
1.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
93.4%
3.7%
1.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
93.6%
3.8%
1.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
93.3%
4.2%
1.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
93.5%
4.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
93.5%
4.2%
1.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
93.0%
4.7%
1.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
92.7%
5.0%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2020
91.9%
5.6%
1.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2021
89.5%
7.6%
1.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
86.7%
10.9%
1.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2023
85.2%
12.4%
1.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
83.2%
14.4%
1.4%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 93.6%. Overall it fell from 92.6% in 2009 to 83.2% in 2024, down 9.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Calumet County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 14.4% in 2024, up 10.6 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 2.1% to 1.4% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Calumet County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calumet County?
The bars show when commuters in Calumet 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 Wisconsin for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMCalumet County9.3%Wisconsin6.9%
9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCalumet County4.7%Wisconsin4.7%
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCalumet County7.0%Wisconsin6.1%
7.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCalumet County7.6%Wisconsin8.5%
7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCalumet County10.6%Wisconsin10.4%
10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCalumet County17.6%Wisconsin14.7%
17.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCalumet County13.9%Wisconsin12.7%
13.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCalumet County7.8%Wisconsin9.0%
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCalumet County1.9%Wisconsin4.0%
1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCalumet County3.5%Wisconsin4.7%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCalumet County1.8%Wisconsin2.4%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCalumet County1.0%Wisconsin1.3%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCalumet County5.7%Wisconsin8.1%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCalumet County7.5%Wisconsin6.4%
7.5%
Calumet CountyWisconsinSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Calumet County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 21.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Wisconsin: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.5%) 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 Calumet 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 Calumet 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 Calumet County next to Wisconsin 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
Calumet County
Wisconsin
United States
2009
7:19 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:18 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:20 AM
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:21 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:20 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:18 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:16 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:13 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:13 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:15 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:18 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Calumet County were on the road by 7:18 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Wisconsin, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Calumet County now leave 20 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 Calumet County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Calumet County's commute time compare?
Metric
Calumet County
Wisconsin
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.5 min
18.8 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
14.4%
13.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Calumet County is 18.5 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.
Calumet County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Calumet County, WI is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 52,942 residents against a local median of 171,769. Calumet County, WI's work from home, at 14.4%, runs 25% above the 11.5% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 3.5% on work from home, so Calumet County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Calumet County, WI has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Calumet County, Wisconsin.
Is living in Calumet County, Wisconsin good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,767 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Calumet County, Wisconsin?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Calumet County, Wisconsin. 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.
Do people use public transit in Calumet County, Wisconsin?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Wisconsin?
Among counties in Wisconsin, the shortest average commutes are in Ashland County (12.8 min), Door County (13.6 min), Eau Claire County (15.3 min). The longest are in Oconto County (26.4 min), St. Croix County (25.3 min), Waushara County (23.9 min).