Waukesha County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Waukesha County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Waukesha County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 179 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting.

That is 14% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

Waukesha County holds about 7.0% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 8.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Waukesha County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,220 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)
Waukesha County	21.5 min	43.0 min	179 hrs/yr	$5,551	2,075
Wisconsin	18.8 min	37.6 min	156 hrs/yr	$4,851	811
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 21.5 minutes to get to work in Waukesha County. That's 4% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 73% of counties in Wisconsin

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 15.3% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 82.6%
• Worked at Home: 15.3%
• Walked: 1.1%
• Other: 0.5%
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Waukesha County: 4.9 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.2% vs 1.2%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Waukesha County: 5.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Waukesha County: 3.6 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

How does Waukesha County's commute time compare?

Metric	Waukesha County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.5 min	18.8 min	22.5 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	15.3%	11.6%	13.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.2%	3.5%

The average commute time in Waukesha County is 21.5 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Wisconsin. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau