Florence County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Florence County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Florence County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.8 minutes.

Florence County holds about 0.1% of Wisconsin's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Florence County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,651 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)
Florence County	16.0 min	32.0 min	133 hrs/yr	$4,128	253
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.

Commute Time Map: Wisconsin Counties

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On average, it takes 16.0 minutes to get to work in Florence County. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 90% 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 11.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Florence County

• Car: 85.7%
• Worked at Home: 11.1%
• Other: 2.0%
• Walked: 1.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Florence County, versus 0.1% in Wisconsin.

Public transit is essentially absent in Florence County, versus 1.1% in Wisconsin.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Florence County, versus 0.2% in Wisconsin.

Biking is essentially absent in Florence County, versus 0.5% in Wisconsin.

Commute Mode Trends in Florence County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Florence 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.9%	3.4%	3.2%	3.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	90.4%	4.8%	3.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	88.2%	7.1%	2.1%	2.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	89.5%	7.4%	1.0%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2013	88.4%	7.8%	1.2%	1.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	90.9%	6.9%	0.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	91.3%	5.9%	1.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	94.9%	3.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.7%	4.1%	1.3%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	93.8%	4.6%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	90.1%	6.4%	2.1%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	90.3%	7.8%	0.0%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	90.2%	7.7%	0.0%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	89.1%	8.8%	0.0%	1.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.4%	9.9%	0.0%	1.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	85.7%	11.1%	2.0%	1.2%	0.0%	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 2016 at 94.9%. Overall it fell from 89.9% in 2009 to 85.7% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Florence County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 11.1% in 2024, up 7.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.4% to 1.2% of workers (down 2.2 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Florence County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Florence County?

The bars show when commuters in Florence 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 AM Florence County11.2% Wisconsin6.9%	11.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Florence County6.9% Wisconsin4.7%	6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Florence County7.7% Wisconsin6.1%	7.7%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Florence County7.9% Wisconsin8.5%	7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Florence County8.9% Wisconsin10.4%	8.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Florence County11.3% Wisconsin14.7%	11.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Florence County14.3% Wisconsin12.7%	14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Florence County10.3% Wisconsin9.0%	10.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Florence County1.1% Wisconsin4.0%	1.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Florence County6.9% Wisconsin4.7%	6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Florence County4.3% Wisconsin2.4%	4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Florence County0.2% Wisconsin1.3%	0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Florence County4.8% Wisconsin8.1%	4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Florence County4.2% Wisconsin6.4%	4.2%

Florence County Wisconsin Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Florence County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 25.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 44.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.4%) 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 Florence 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 Florence 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 Florence 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.

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• Wisconsin
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Florence County	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:20 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:32 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:18 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:31 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:17 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:20 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Florence County were on the road by 7:20 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Wisconsin, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Florence County now leave 18 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 Florence County has moved 11 minutes earlier.

How does Florence County's commute time compare?

Metric	Florence County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.0 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	11.1%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Florence County is 16.0 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau