Commuting in Clark 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 Clark County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clark 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 150 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Clark County holds about 0.6% of Wisconsin's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clark County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,863 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)
Clark County
18.0 min
36.0 min
150 hrs/yr
$4,656
464
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
18.0
minutes to get to work in
Clark County.
That's 20% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clark County
Car:
78.3%
Worked at Home:
12.4%
Walked:
5.7%
Bicycle:
2.0%unusually high
Other:
1.2%
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Clark County: 12.1 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 1.1%).
Biking is unusually common in Clark County: 4.2 times more than the Wisconsin average (2.0% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Clark County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clark 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
79.8%
10.9%
6.5%
0.8%
1.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2010
80.6%
10.4%
6.3%
0.8%
1.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
81.1%
10.1%
6.2%
0.7%
1.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
81.8%
10.1%
5.4%
0.7%
1.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2013
82.3%
10.3%
4.8%
0.9%
1.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2014
82.1%
10.3%
4.9%
0.8%
1.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
81.5%
10.7%
5.0%
1.0%
1.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
81.1%
11.1%
4.6%
1.2%
1.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2017
81.2%
11.5%
4.4%
1.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
80.4%
12.3%
4.1%
1.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
80.6%
12.1%
4.1%
1.6%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2020
81.0%
12.2%
3.9%
1.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
80.9%
11.0%
4.9%
1.9%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
80.0%
11.3%
5.2%
2.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
78.9%
12.0%
5.7%
2.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
78.3%
12.4%
5.7%
2.0%
1.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 82.3%. Overall it fell from 79.8% in 2009 to 78.3% in 2024, down 1.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clark County: its share of workers rose from 10.9% in 2009 to 12.4% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.5% to 5.7% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Clark County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clark County?
The bars show when commuters in Clark 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 AMClark County12.9%Wisconsin6.9%
12.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClark County7.3%Wisconsin4.7%
7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClark County8.8%Wisconsin6.1%
8.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClark County9.1%Wisconsin8.5%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClark County11.1%Wisconsin10.4%
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClark County13.4%Wisconsin14.7%
13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClark County11.4%Wisconsin12.7%
11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClark County5.7%Wisconsin9.0%
5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClark County2.0%Wisconsin4.0%
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClark County2.7%Wisconsin4.7%
2.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClark County1.5%Wisconsin2.4%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClark County0.6%Wisconsin1.3%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClark County7.5%Wisconsin8.1%
7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClark County6.1%Wisconsin6.4%
6.1%
Clark CountyWisconsinSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clark County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 29.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 41.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.3%) 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 Clark 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 Clark 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 Clark 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
Clark County
Wisconsin
United States
2009
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:12 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:12 AM
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:09 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:06 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:06 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:05 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:05 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:06 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:06 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:04 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:04 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:03 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:02 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clark County were on the road by 7:02 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:12 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Clark County now leave 36 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 Clark County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Clark County in the whole series.
How does Clark County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clark County
Wisconsin
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.0 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
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
12.4%
13.1%
15.0%
Walked
5.7%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clark County is 18.0 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 5.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.
Clark County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clark County, WI is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 34,738 residents against a local median of 66,799. The measure that sets Clark County, WI apart most is work from home: 12.4%, 23% above the local median of 10.1%.
The counties themselves spread 5.2% on work from home, so Clark County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clark County, WI has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Is living in Clark County, Wisconsin good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 150 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,656 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Clark County, Wisconsin?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Clark County, Wisconsin. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Clark 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).