Walworth County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Walworth County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Walworth County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 168 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.

Walworth County holds about 1.8% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 1.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Walworth County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,082 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)
Walworth County	20.1 min	40.3 min	168 hrs/yr	$5,204	961
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.

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On average, it takes 20.1 minutes to get to work in Walworth County. That's 10% 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 11.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Walworth County

• Car: 84.4%
• Worked at Home: 11.2%
• Walked: 3.1%
• Other: 1.0%
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Walworth County: 4.9 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.2% vs 1.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Walworth County: 4.5 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Walworth County: 3.6 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Walworth County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Walworth 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	89.7%	4.2%	4.0%	0.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%
2010	89.5%	4.5%	3.7%	0.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%
2011	89.1%	4.7%	4.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%
2012	89.6%	4.5%	3.4%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%
2013	89.9%	4.4%	3.4%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.7%	0.1%
2014	90.3%	4.1%	3.3%	0.4%	0.7%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%
2015	90.0%	4.2%	3.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%
2016	90.0%	4.5%	3.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%
2017	89.7%	4.6%	3.9%	0.5%	0.6%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%
2018	89.7%	4.7%	3.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%
2019	89.6%	4.8%	4.0%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2020	89.1%	5.7%	4.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2021	87.4%	7.8%	3.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2022	86.1%	8.9%	3.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2023	85.4%	9.7%	3.4%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2024	84.4%	11.2%	3.1%	1.0%	0.2%	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 90.3%. Overall it fell from 89.7% in 2009 to 84.4% in 2024, down 5.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Walworth County: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 11.2% in 2024, up 7.0 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 4.0% to 3.1% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Walworth County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Walworth County?

The bars show when commuters in Walworth 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 AM Walworth County7.6% Wisconsin6.9%	7.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Walworth County4.7% Wisconsin4.7%	4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Walworth County5.2% Wisconsin6.1%	5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Walworth County9.1% Wisconsin8.5%	9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Walworth County12.1% Wisconsin10.4%	12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Walworth County15.0% Wisconsin14.7%	15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Walworth County12.0% Wisconsin12.7%	12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Walworth County8.2% Wisconsin9.0%	8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Walworth County3.7% Wisconsin4.0%	3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Walworth County2.9% Wisconsin4.7%	2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Walworth County2.6% Wisconsin2.4%	2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Walworth County1.6% Wisconsin1.3%	1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Walworth County9.9% Wisconsin8.1%	9.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Walworth County5.5% Wisconsin6.4%	5.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Walworth County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are about as common as in Wisconsin: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Wisconsin's: 47.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.4%) 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 Walworth 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 Walworth 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 Walworth 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Walworth County	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:27 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:24 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:25 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Walworth County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). Wisconsin followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Walworth County now leave 15 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 Walworth County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Walworth County's commute time compare?

Metric	Walworth County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.1 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	11.2%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Walworth County is 20.1 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau