Commuting in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Jackson County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 177 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.
Jackson County holds about 0.4% of Wisconsin's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Jackson County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,197 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)
Jackson County
21.3 min
42.5 min
177 hrs/yr
$5,493
204
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
21.3
minutes to get to work in
Jackson County.
That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 72% 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 7.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Jackson County
Car:
88.0%
Worked at Home:
7.5%
Walked:
2.4%
Other:
1.7%
Taxi:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Jackson County: 99.8 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 1.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Jackson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Jackson 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
Taxi
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
87.4%
6.8%
3.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.5%
2010
87.7%
6.3%
3.8%
1.1%
0.1%
0.7%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
87.6%
6.3%
4.0%
1.1%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
88.6%
5.9%
3.5%
1.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
2013
90.1%
5.3%
2.8%
0.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
90.7%
5.2%
2.5%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
90.8%
5.3%
2.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
90.1%
6.3%
2.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
89.0%
7.4%
1.8%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
87.9%
7.8%
2.7%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
87.8%
7.8%
3.0%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
87.7%
8.3%
2.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
87.1%
7.4%
4.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
87.9%
7.0%
3.6%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
87.9%
7.4%
3.2%
1.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
88.0%
7.5%
2.4%
1.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 90.8% and lowest in 2021 at 87.1%. Overall it rose from 87.4% in 2009 to 88.0% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Jackson County: its share of workers rose from 6.8% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.7% to 2.4% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Jackson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jackson County?
The bars show when commuters in Jackson 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 AMJackson County9.3%Wisconsin6.9%
9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMJackson County6.4%Wisconsin4.7%
6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMJackson County9.0%Wisconsin6.1%
9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMJackson County9.1%Wisconsin8.5%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMJackson County11.5%Wisconsin10.4%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMJackson County15.2%Wisconsin14.7%
15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMJackson County12.0%Wisconsin12.7%
12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMJackson County5.6%Wisconsin9.0%
5.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMJackson County3.5%Wisconsin4.0%
3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMJackson County2.4%Wisconsin4.7%
2.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMJackson County1.7%Wisconsin2.4%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMJackson County0.9%Wisconsin1.3%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMJackson County7.3%Wisconsin8.1%
7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMJackson County6.0%Wisconsin6.4%
6.0%
Jackson CountyWisconsinSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Jackson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% 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: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.4%) 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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
Jackson County
Wisconsin
United States
2009
7:19 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:21 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:23 AM
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:24 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:21 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:22 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:19 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:16 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:17 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:13 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:09 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Jackson County were on the road by 7:09 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:19 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Jackson County now leave 29 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 Jackson County has moved 10 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Jackson County in the whole series.
How does Jackson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Jackson County
Wisconsin
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.3 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
7.5%
13.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.4%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Jackson County is 21.3 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 2.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.
Jackson County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Jackson County, WI is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,977 residents against a local median of 46,191. Where Jackson County, WI breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 36% below the local median of 11.6% at 7.5%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.3 min against a local median of 17.2 min, 24% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 24% above the local median it puts Jackson County, WI at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.7% on work from home, so Jackson County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jackson County, WI has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Jackson County, Wisconsin?
Commuters here spend an estimated 177 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,493 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Jackson County, Wisconsin?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Jackson 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 common is public transit use in Jackson County, Wisconsin?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).