Commuting in Pepin 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 Pepin County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pepin County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 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 2.4 minutes.
Pepin County holds about 0.1% of Wisconsin's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Pepin County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,187 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)
Pepin County
21.2 min
42.3 min
176 hrs/yr
$5,467
388
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
21.2
minutes to get to work in
Pepin County.
That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 16.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pepin County
Car:
79.1%
Worked at Home:
16.1%
Walked:
2.3%
Other:
1.5%
Bicycle:
0.8%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Pepin County: 12.5 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 1.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Pepin County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pepin 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
85.9%
7.1%
5.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2010
86.5%
7.5%
5.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
85.9%
7.9%
4.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
85.1%
8.2%
5.2%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
2013
84.4%
8.8%
5.2%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2014
84.0%
8.4%
5.9%
0.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
2015
84.2%
8.4%
5.4%
0.5%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
84.9%
8.7%
4.6%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
86.1%
8.2%
3.8%
0.9%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
86.3%
8.9%
3.4%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
86.8%
9.0%
2.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
83.5%
12.6%
2.9%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
84.3%
12.2%
2.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
81.9%
13.2%
2.7%
1.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
81.0%
13.5%
2.7%
1.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
79.1%
16.1%
2.3%
1.5%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 86.8%. Overall it fell from 85.9% in 2009 to 79.1% in 2024, down 6.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pepin County: its share of workers rose from 7.1% in 2009 to 16.1% in 2024, up 9.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.9% to 2.3% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).
Biking overtook taking a taxi to become the 5th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Pepin County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pepin County?
The bars show when commuters in Pepin 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 AMPepin County11.4%Wisconsin6.9%
11.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPepin County6.1%Wisconsin4.7%
6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPepin County7.3%Wisconsin6.1%
7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPepin County10.9%Wisconsin8.5%
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPepin County10.2%Wisconsin10.4%
10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPepin County15.7%Wisconsin14.7%
15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPepin County12.6%Wisconsin12.7%
12.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPepin County7.1%Wisconsin9.0%
7.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPepin County1.7%Wisconsin4.0%
1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPepin County3.8%Wisconsin4.7%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPepin County1.8%Wisconsin2.4%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPepin County0.8%Wisconsin1.3%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPepin County7.4%Wisconsin8.1%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPepin County3.3%Wisconsin6.4%
3.3%
Pepin CountyWisconsinSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pepin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 24.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Wisconsin's: 45.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Pepin 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 Pepin 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 Pepin 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
Pepin County
Wisconsin
United States
2009
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:10 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:08 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:10 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:12 AM
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:11 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:13 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:13 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:14 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:13 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:12 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:12 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:12 AM
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:10 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:08 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pepin County were on the road by 7:08 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Wisconsin, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Pepin 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 Pepin County has moved 5 minutes earlier.
How does Pepin County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pepin County
Wisconsin
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.2 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
16.1%
13.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
2.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pepin County is 21.2 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 2.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.
Pepin County, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pepin County, WI is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,431 residents against a local median of 42,584. Where Pepin County, WI breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 60% above the local median of 10.1% at 16.1%.
The counties themselves sit within 2.7% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Pepin County, WI, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Pepin County, WI has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
Is commuting expensive in Pepin County, Wisconsin?
Commuters here spend an estimated 176 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,467 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Pepin County, Wisconsin?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pepin 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 Pepin 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.
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).