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Marinette County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Marinette 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 Marinette County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marinette 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 132 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 2.9 minutes.

Marinette County holds about 0.7% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Marinette County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,640 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)
Marinette County 15.9 min 31.7 min 132 hrs/yr $4,101 492
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
  1. Ashland County (12.8 min)
  2. Door County (13.6 min)
  3. Eau Claire County (15.3 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Wisconsin
  1. Oconto County (26.4 min)
  2. St. Croix County (25.3 min)
  3. Waushara County (23.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Marinette County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 15.9 minutes to get to work in Marinette County. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 93% of counties in Wisconsin

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marinette County

  • Car: 87.5%
  • Worked at Home: 7.9%
  • Walked: 2.5%
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: 0.3%
  • Taxi: 0.2%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Marinette County: 12.1 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 1.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Marinette County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marinette 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 Bicycle Motorcycle Taxi Public Transportation
2009 88.3% 4.1% 4.9% 0.7% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7%
2010 88.8% 4.2% 4.7% 0.4% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.6%
2011 90.8% 3.7% 3.2% 0.5% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
2012 91.3% 3.4% 3.5% 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 91.1% 3.5% 3.6% 0.4% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2014 91.9% 2.7% 3.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
2015 92.3% 2.7% 3.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
2016 92.3% 2.7% 3.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
2017 92.7% 2.9% 2.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
2018 93.0% 3.0% 2.3% 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 92.9% 3.2% 2.4% 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2020 91.4% 4.5% 2.8% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2021 90.6% 5.5% 2.4% 0.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2022 90.0% 5.8% 2.6% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
2023 88.3% 6.7% 2.7% 1.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
2024 87.5% 7.9% 2.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 93.0%. Overall it fell from 88.3% in 2009 to 87.5% in 2024, down 0.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marinette County: its share of workers rose from 4.1% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 3.8 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 4.9% to 2.5% of workers (down 2.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Marinette County

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Wisconsin's 72 counties: only 37.3% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Wisconsin's 72 counties: the typical start is 17 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marinette County?

The bars show when commuters in Marinette 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
12.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
9.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marinette County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 12.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.9% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 28.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 37.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.7%) 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 Marinette 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 Marinette 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 Marinette 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 Marinette County Wisconsin United States
2009 7:26 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:24 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:25 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:21 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:26 AM 7:31 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:23 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:24 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:21 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:20 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:17 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:16 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:14 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:15 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:15 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:12 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:09 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marinette County were on the road by 7:09 AM, 17 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Marinette 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 Marinette County has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Marinette County in the whole series.

How does Marinette County's commute time compare?

Metric Marinette County Wisconsin US Average
Avg. Commute Time 15.9 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.9% 13.1% 15.0%
Walked 2.5% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Marinette County is 15.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Marinette County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Marinette County, WI is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 42,046 residents against a local median of 23,247. Where Marinette County, WI breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 29% below the local median of 11.1% at 7.9%.

The counties themselves spread 4.6% on work from home, so Marinette County, WI sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Marinette County, WI has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Marinette County, WI 42,046 15.9 min #2/6 7.9% #5/6 7:09 AM #3/6
Oconto County, WI 39,589 26.4 min 12.5% 6:56 AM
Menominee County, MI 23,247 16.3 min 7.9% 6:54 AM
Florence County, WI 4,646 16.0 min 11.1% 7:20 AM
Dickinson County, MI 25,954 12.2 min 9.0% 7:24 AM
Menominee County, WI 4,252 17.0 min 12.3% 7:31 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Marinette County, Wisconsin.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Marinette County, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 132 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,101 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Marinette County, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Marinette County, Wisconsin. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Marinette County, Wisconsin?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).