Racine Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Racine, 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 Racine: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Racine spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 154 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Racine holds about 1.1% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Racine would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,911 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)
Racine	18.5 min	37.0 min	154 hrs/yr	$4,778	2,387
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.

Racine Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.5 minutes to get to work in Racine. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Racine

Commute Mode Trends in Racine, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Racine 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	91.7%	1.9%	0.7%	2.5%	2.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	91.7%	1.7%	1.0%	2.8%	2.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.6%
2011	90.3%	1.6%	1.0%	3.4%	2.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.7%
2012	90.2%	1.8%	1.3%	3.4%	2.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.6%
2013	89.9%	2.3%	1.4%	3.2%	2.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2014	89.6%	2.5%	1.4%	2.9%	2.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.6%
2015	88.5%	3.1%	1.4%	3.0%	3.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2016	90.6%	2.7%	1.1%	2.3%	2.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2017	91.5%	2.4%	1.0%	2.3%	2.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	90.3%	2.6%	1.8%	2.6%	2.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2019	91.2%	2.1%	1.7%	2.3%	2.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	90.6%	3.2%	2.4%	1.9%	1.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	89.0%	4.5%	2.7%	2.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	88.4%	5.3%	2.6%	1.8%	1.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	87.7%	6.1%	2.6%	1.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	86.5%	7.4%	2.3%	1.8%	1.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 86.5% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Racine: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 7.4% in 2024, up 5.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.5% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Racine

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Racine?

The bars show when commuters in Racine 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		7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		11.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Racine is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 11.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 18.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 40.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.0%) 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 Racine, 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 Racine 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 Racine 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	Racine	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:30 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:29 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:32 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Racine were on the road by 7:32 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across Wisconsin, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Racine now leave 6 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 Racine has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Racine's commute time compare?

Metric	Racine	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.5 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.4%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.8%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Racine is 18.5 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

1.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Racine, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Racine, WI compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Racine, WI	62,432	18.5 min #2/2	7.4% #2/2	7:32 AM #2/2
Mount Pleasant, WI	33,825	17.6 min	11.0%	7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Racine, Wisconsin.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,778 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Racine, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Racine, Wisconsin. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.