Green Lake County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Green Lake County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 182 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.

Green Lake County holds about 0.3% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Green Lake County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,262 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)
Green Lake County	21.9 min	43.8 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,654	445
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

Fastest commutes among counties in Wisconsin

Ashland County (12.8 min)
Door County (13.6 min)
Eau Claire County (15.3 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Wisconsin

Oconto County (26.4 min)
St. Croix County (25.3 min)
Waushara County (23.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Green Lake County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.9 minutes to get to work in Green Lake County. That's 2% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 82% of counties in Wisconsin

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Green Lake County

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

Commute Mode Trends in Green Lake County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Green Lake 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	86.7%	6.3%	4.7%	1.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	86.4%	6.4%	4.3%	2.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%
2011	86.3%	6.7%	4.0%	2.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	86.7%	6.3%	4.4%	2.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2013	87.6%	5.8%	4.2%	1.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	88.2%	5.0%	4.4%	1.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	87.5%	5.5%	4.5%	1.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2016	88.8%	4.8%	4.4%	1.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	89.1%	5.5%	3.7%	1.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	88.1%	6.4%	3.5%	1.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2019	88.2%	6.8%	3.2%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2020	88.5%	7.5%	2.6%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	86.5%	8.4%	3.5%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	84.9%	10.0%	3.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2023	83.8%	10.9%	3.7%	1.0%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	82.8%	11.0%	4.0%	1.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 89.1%. Overall it fell from 86.7% in 2009 to 82.8% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Green Lake County: its share of workers rose from 6.3% in 2009 to 11.0% in 2024, up 4.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.7% to 4.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Green Lake County

Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Wisconsin's 72 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:00 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Green Lake County?

The bars show when commuters in Green Lake 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		14.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		5.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Green Lake County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.9% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 29.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 40.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (18.0%) 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 Green Lake 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 Green Lake 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 Green Lake 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	Green Lake County	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:18 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:06 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:07 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:05 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:07 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:15 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:15 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:12 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:03 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:00 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Green Lake County were on the road by 7:00 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:15 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Green Lake County now leave 38 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 Green Lake County has moved 9 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Green Lake County in the whole series.

How does Green Lake County's commute time compare?

Metric	Green Lake County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.9 min	18.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 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	11.0%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Green Lake County is 21.9 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 4.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Green Lake County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Green Lake County, WI is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,263 residents against a local median of 58,269. Green Lake County, WI sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% above the local median at 11.0% against 9.7%. Green Lake County, WI has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Green Lake County, WI	19,263	21.9 min #3/6	11.0% #3/6	7:00 AM #1/6
Marquette County, WI	15,746	22.6 min	9.7%	7:07 AM
Waushara County, WI	24,869	23.9 min	8.2%	7:04 AM
Columbia County, WI	58,269	23.5 min	12.5%	7:11 AM
Winnebago County, WI	171,769	16.7 min	11.5%	7:28 AM
Dodge County, WI	88,711	20.9 min	8.6%	7:02 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.

Is commuting expensive in Green Lake County, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,654 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Green Lake County, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Green Lake 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.

Which counties in Wisconsin have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).