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Commute Time Burden in Marquette County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marquette County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.8 minutes.

Marquette 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 Marquette County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,335 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)
Marquette County 22.6 min 45.2 min 188 hrs/yr $5,838 372
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

Marquette County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.6 minutes to get to work in Marquette County. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 87% of counties in Wisconsin

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marquette County

  • Car: 86.7%
  • Worked at Home: 9.7%
  • Walked: 2.6%
  • Other: 0.9%
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Marquette County: 57630024.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Marquette County: 956875514.6 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 1.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Marquette County: 288068661.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Marquette County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marquette 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 Public Transportation Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 89.3% 5.2% 4.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.1%
2010 89.9% 4.9% 4.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.1%
2011 90.7% 4.6% 3.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2%
2012 90.7% 4.6% 3.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2%
2013 91.0% 4.2% 3.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
2014 91.0% 4.1% 3.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
2015 91.1% 3.7% 3.1% 1.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1%
2016 90.2% 4.2% 3.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1%
2017 90.4% 4.1% 2.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1%
2018 90.7% 4.7% 2.7% 1.2% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 90.7% 5.4% 2.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 90.3% 5.6% 2.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 90.5% 5.8% 2.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 88.9% 7.8% 2.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 87.5% 9.1% 2.4% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.7% 9.7% 2.6% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 91.1%. Overall it fell from 89.3% in 2009 to 86.7% in 2024, down 2.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marquette County: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 9.7% in 2024, up 4.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.2% to 2.6% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Marquette County

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Wisconsin's 72 counties: only 37.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marquette County?

The bars show when commuters in Marquette 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
12.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
9.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
11.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marquette County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 26.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 37.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.7%) 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 Marquette 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 Marquette 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 Marquette 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 Marquette County Wisconsin United States
2009 7:10 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:16 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:13 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:13 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:15 AM 7:31 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:14 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:09 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:09 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:09 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:09 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:09 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:06 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:10 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:09 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:09 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:07 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marquette County were on the road by 7:07 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:10 AM). Wisconsin followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Marquette County now leave 31 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 Marquette County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Marquette County's commute time compare?

Metric Marquette County Wisconsin US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.6 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 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.7% 13.1% 15.0%
Walked 2.6% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Marquette County is 22.6 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Marquette County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Marquette County, WI is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 15,746 residents against a local median of 24,869. Nothing separates Marquette County, WI sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 12% below the local median at 9.7% against 11.0%. Marquette 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
Marquette County, WI 15,746 22.6 min #3/6 9.7% #5/6 7:07 AM #3/6
Waushara County, WI 24,869 23.9 min 8.2% 7:04 AM
Green Lake County, WI 19,263 21.9 min 11.0% 7:00 AM
Columbia County, WI 58,269 23.5 min 12.5% 7:11 AM
Adams County, WI 21,114 23.9 min 9.8% 7:20 AM
Portage County, WI 70,832 16.1 min 12.6% 7:30 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Marquette County, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,838 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Marquette County, Wisconsin?

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

Do people use public transit in Marquette 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).