Commuting in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Crawford County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 138 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.2 minutes.
Crawford County holds about 0.3% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Crawford County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,711 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)
Crawford County
16.6 min
33.1 min
138 hrs/yr
$4,277
289
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
16.6
minutes to get to work in
Crawford County.
That's 26% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% of counties in Wisconsin
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Crawford County
Car:
87.4%
Worked at Home:
6.9%
Walked:
2.4%
Other:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Taxi:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Crawford County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Crawford 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
85.2%
8.0%
4.6%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2010
85.8%
7.9%
4.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
2011
86.8%
7.5%
4.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2012
87.2%
6.9%
4.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2013
88.0%
6.3%
4.3%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
89.0%
5.9%
3.6%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
89.7%
5.1%
3.4%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2016
90.0%
4.5%
3.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
90.4%
4.5%
3.2%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
91.2%
4.6%
2.8%
0.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
91.4%
4.3%
2.9%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
90.5%
4.5%
2.7%
0.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
89.9%
4.6%
3.2%
1.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
88.2%
5.4%
3.4%
1.1%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
2023
88.1%
6.0%
3.0%
1.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.5%
0.1%
2024
87.4%
6.9%
2.4%
1.3%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 91.4%. Overall it rose from 85.2% in 2009 to 87.4% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Taking a taxi gained the most ground in Crawford County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.5% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.6% to 2.4% of workers (down 2.2 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Crawford County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crawford County?
The bars show when commuters in Crawford 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 AMCrawford County8.8%Wisconsin6.9%
8.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCrawford County6.9%Wisconsin4.7%
6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCrawford County8.9%Wisconsin6.1%
8.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCrawford County8.5%Wisconsin8.5%
8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCrawford County7.5%Wisconsin10.4%
7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCrawford County12.6%Wisconsin14.7%
12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCrawford County15.2%Wisconsin12.7%
15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCrawford County8.9%Wisconsin9.0%
8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCrawford County2.7%Wisconsin4.0%
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCrawford County3.5%Wisconsin4.7%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCrawford County1.5%Wisconsin2.4%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCrawford County1.0%Wisconsin1.3%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCrawford County7.4%Wisconsin8.1%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCrawford County6.5%Wisconsin6.4%
6.5%
Crawford CountyWisconsinSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Crawford County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 24.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 44.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.9%) 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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
Crawford County
Wisconsin
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:24 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:28 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:22 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:20 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:20 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Crawford County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Crawford County now leave 15 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Crawford County's commute time compare?
Metric
Crawford County
Wisconsin
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.6 min
18.8 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.9%
13.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.4%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Crawford County is 16.6 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.
1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 2.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.
Crawford County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Crawford County, WI is typical in size for this group, 16,042 residents against a local median of 17,205, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Crawford County, WI's work from home, at 6.9%, runs 23% below the 8.9% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 5.6% on work from home, so Crawford County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crawford County, WI has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
Is commuting expensive in Crawford County, Wisconsin?
Commuters here spend an estimated 138 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,277 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Crawford County, Wisconsin?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Crawford County, Wisconsin. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).