Langlade County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Langlade 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 Langlade County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Langlade 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 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.6 minutes.

Langlade County holds about 0.3% of Wisconsin's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Langlade County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,670 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)
Langlade County	16.2 min	32.3 min	135 hrs/yr	$4,175	230
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

Langlade County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.2 minutes to get to work in Langlade County. That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 87% of counties in Wisconsin

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 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 Langlade County

Public transit is unusually rare in Langlade County: 4.8 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.2% vs 1.1%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Langlade County: 13.8 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Langlade County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Langlade 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	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	89.8%	4.8%	4.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	88.7%	5.1%	4.8%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	88.0%	5.0%	5.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.8%
2012	89.7%	4.1%	5.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2013	89.4%	4.1%	5.0%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	88.3%	4.4%	5.5%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	90.0%	4.0%	3.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	89.4%	4.1%	4.5%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	88.4%	4.8%	5.2%	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	87.8%	5.4%	5.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	88.0%	6.1%	5.0%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	88.3%	5.7%	5.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.5%	6.1%	4.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	89.7%	5.7%	3.5%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	89.4%	5.8%	3.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	88.1%	7.5%	3.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	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 90.0% and lowest in 2018 at 87.8%. Overall it fell from 89.8% in 2009 to 88.1% in 2024, down 1.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Langlade County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 5.5% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 3.5%.

Commute Start Times in Langlade County

Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Wisconsin's 72 counties: the typical start is 16 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Langlade County?

The bars show when commuters in Langlade 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		9.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		12.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Langlade County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 27.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 43.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.5%) 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 Langlade 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 Langlade 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 Langlade 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	Langlade County	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:20 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:21 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:15 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:03 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:08 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:07 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Langlade County were on the road by 7:07 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Langlade County now leave 30 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 Langlade County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Langlade County's commute time compare?

Metric	Langlade County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.2 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	05:30 AM – 05:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.5%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Langlade County is 16.2 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Langlade County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Langlade County, WI is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,490 residents against a local median of 28,426. Langlade County, WI's work from home, at 7.5%, runs 28% below the 10.5% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 4.3% on work from home, so Langlade County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Langlade County, WI has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Langlade County, WI	19,490	16.2 min #2/6	7.5% #6/6	7:07 AM #3/6
Menominee County, WI	4,252	17.0 min	12.3%	7:31 AM
Forest County, WI	9,369	17.4 min	8.0%	6:59 AM
Shawano County, WI	41,039	18.4 min	9.3%	7:08 AM
Oneida County, WI	38,164	16.0 min	10.5%	7:31 AM
Lincoln County, WI	28,426	18.8 min	11.6%	7:00 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Langlade County, Wisconsin.

Is commuting expensive in Langlade County, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 135 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,175 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Langlade County, Wisconsin. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Langlade County, Wisconsin?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

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).