Pleasant Prairie Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Pleasant Prairie, 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 Pleasant Prairie: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pleasant Prairie spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 181 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.

Pleasant Prairie holds about 0.4% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Pleasant Prairie would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,240 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)
Pleasant Prairie	21.7 min	43.4 min	181 hrs/yr	$5,601	2,038
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.

Pleasant Prairie Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.7 minutes to get to work in Pleasant Prairie. That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pleasant Prairie

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Pleasant Prairie, versus 0.1% in Wisconsin.

Public transit is unusually rare in Pleasant Prairie: 3.1 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.3% vs 1.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Pleasant Prairie: 6.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in Pleasant Prairie, versus 0.5% in Wisconsin.

Commute Mode Trends in Pleasant Prairie, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pleasant Prairie 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	95.2%	2.6%	0.5%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2010	95.3%	1.9%	0.6%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%
2011	95.6%	1.9%	0.4%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%
2012	95.6%	2.2%	0.5%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2013	95.5%	2.2%	0.5%	0.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	95.8%	2.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2015	95.1%	2.6%	0.9%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	94.8%	2.7%	0.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	94.7%	2.8%	0.6%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2018	95.1%	2.8%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2019	94.8%	2.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2020	93.2%	5.0%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	91.8%	6.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	88.2%	10.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	85.6%	12.7%	0.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	84.8%	13.3%	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2014 at 95.8%. Overall it fell from 95.2% in 2009 to 84.8% in 2024, down 10.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pleasant Prairie: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 13.3% in 2024, up 10.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Pleasant Prairie

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pleasant Prairie?

The bars show when commuters in Pleasant Prairie 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		3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		16.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.5%

Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Pleasant Prairie is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 16.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.0% across Wisconsin. Early starts are less common than in Wisconsin: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Wisconsin: 53.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.1%) 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 Pleasant Prairie, 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 Pleasant Prairie 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 Pleasant Prairie 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	Pleasant Prairie	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:17 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:22 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:26 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:30 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:18 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:31 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:38 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:50 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pleasant Prairie were on the road by 7:50 AM, 35 minutes later than in 2009 (7:15 AM). That goes against the trend across Wisconsin, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Pleasant Prairie now leave 12 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Pleasant Prairie has moved 31 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Pleasant Prairie in the whole series.

How does Pleasant Prairie's commute time compare?

Metric	Pleasant Prairie	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.7 min	18.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	13.3%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Pleasant Prairie is 21.7 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Pleasant Prairie, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Pleasant Prairie, WI compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Pleasant Prairie, WI	24,424	21.7 min #2/3	13.3% #1/3	7:50 AM #3/3
Kenosha, WI	86,039	18.5 min	9.0%	7:37 AM
Zion, IL	21,101	26.2 min	8.0%	7:39 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 181 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,601 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Pleasant Prairie, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.