Iowa County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Iowa 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 Iowa County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Iowa 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.

Iowa County holds about 0.4% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Iowa County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,260 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)
Iowa County	21.9 min	43.7 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,649	353
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

Iowa County

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Average commute time

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

Slower than 80% of counties in Wisconsin

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 13.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Iowa County

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Iowa County: 7.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Iowa County: 6.6 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Iowa County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Iowa 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	86.2%	9.1%	3.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2010	86.4%	8.5%	3.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2011	85.8%	9.1%	3.5%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	86.0%	8.8%	3.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	86.7%	7.4%	4.1%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	87.7%	6.3%	4.2%	1.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.5%	6.4%	4.1%	1.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	88.3%	5.7%	3.7%	1.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2017	88.8%	5.7%	3.6%	1.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	88.9%	6.5%	2.8%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	88.1%	7.4%	2.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	86.2%	10.1%	2.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	84.9%	10.9%	3.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	83.6%	12.3%	2.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	81.6%	13.8%	3.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	80.7%	13.8%	3.3%	1.3%	0.7%	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 2018 at 88.9%. Overall it fell from 86.2% in 2009 to 80.7% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Iowa County: its share of workers rose from 9.1% in 2009 to 13.8% in 2024, up 4.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit overtook biking to become the 5th most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Iowa County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Iowa County?

The bars show when commuters in Iowa 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		6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Iowa County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 20.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Wisconsin's: 47.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.6%) 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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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	Iowa County	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:10 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:09 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:08 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:12 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:11 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:12 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:08 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:15 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Iowa County were on the road by 7:15 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Wisconsin, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Iowa County now leave 23 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 Iowa County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Iowa County's commute time compare?

Metric	Iowa County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.9 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	13.8%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	1.1%	3.2%

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

0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 3.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Iowa County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Iowa County, WI is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 23,867 residents against a local median of 37,017. Where Iowa County, WI breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 34% above the local median of 10.3% at 13.8%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.9 min against a local median of 18.4 min, 19% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 19% above the local median it puts Iowa County, WI at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.7% on work from home, so Iowa County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Iowa County, WI has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Iowa County, WI	23,867	21.9 min #6/6	13.8% #1/6	7:15 AM #2/6
Lafayette County, WI	16,942	21.8 min	12.6%	7:08 AM
Sauk County, WI	66,009	18.4 min	9.6%	7:24 AM
Richland County, WI	17,205	18.2 min	8.9%	7:17 AM
Grant County, WI	51,770	17.3 min	10.3%	7:23 AM
Green County, WI	37,017	20.3 min	11.9%	7:15 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

Is commuting expensive in Iowa County, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,649 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 Iowa County, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Iowa 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.

How do commute times compare across 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).