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Oconto County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Oconto County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Oconto County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.6 minutes.

Oconto County holds about 0.7% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Oconto County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,727 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)
Oconto County 26.4 min 52.8 min 220 hrs/yr $6,818 391
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)

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Oconto County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.4 minutes to get to work in Oconto County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county 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 12.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Oconto County

  • Car: 84.2%
  • Worked at Home: 12.5%
  • Walked: 1.7%
  • Other: 1.3%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Oconto County: 13.0 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 1.1%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Oconto County: 4.8 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Oconto County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Oconto 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 91.5% 4.4% 2.8% 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2010 91.7% 4.5% 2.3% 1.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2011 91.6% 4.3% 2.4% 0.9% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
2012 91.5% 4.9% 2.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2013 91.5% 5.2% 2.2% 0.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2014 92.1% 4.9% 2.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 91.8% 5.0% 2.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 91.1% 5.9% 1.9% 0.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2017 91.5% 5.7% 1.8% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
2018 91.2% 5.8% 2.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
2019 91.4% 6.1% 1.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2020 89.7% 7.2% 1.9% 0.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 88.6% 8.2% 2.0% 1.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.4% 9.6% 1.9% 1.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 86.4% 10.7% 1.7% 1.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 84.2% 12.5% 1.7% 1.3% 0.1% 0.1% 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 2014 at 92.1%. Overall it fell from 91.5% in 2009 to 84.2% in 2024, down 7.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Oconto County: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 12.5% in 2024, up 8.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Oconto County

  • Early BirdThe earliest start among Wisconsin's 72 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:56 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Wisconsin's 72 counties: 30.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Oconto County?

The bars show when commuters in Oconto 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
13.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
8.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
8.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Oconto County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 30.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 40.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Oconto 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 Oconto 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County Wisconsin United States
2009 7:02 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:03 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:01 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:00 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:02 AM 7:31 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:00 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:58 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:58 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:58 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:57 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:56 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:55 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:59 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:54 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:55 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:56 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Oconto County were on the road by 6:56 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:02 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Oconto County now leave 42 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Oconto County's commute time compare?

Metric Oconto County Wisconsin US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.4 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 12.5% 13.1% 15.0%
Walked 1.7% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Oconto County is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Oconto County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Oconto County, WI is typical in size for this group, 39,589 residents against a local median of 42,046, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Oconto County, WI breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 53% above the local median of 17.2 min at 26.4 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves sit within 2.5 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Oconto County, WI, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Oconto County, WI has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Oconto County, WI 39,589 26.4 min #6/6 12.5% #2/6 6:56 AM #1/6
Marinette County, WI 42,046 15.9 min 7.9% 7:09 AM
Menominee County, WI 4,252 17.0 min 12.3% 7:31 AM
Brown County, WI 270,600 17.2 min 12.6% 7:23 AM
Shawano County, WI 41,039 18.4 min 9.3% 7:08 AM
Outagamie County, WI 192,703 18.0 min 11.5% 7:25 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Oconto County, Wisconsin.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,818 at a typical national wage. That's 41% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Oconto County, Wisconsin?

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

How common is public transit use in Oconto 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.

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).