Waushara County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Waushara County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Waushara County spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 199 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.1 minutes.

Waushara County 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 Waushara County would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,470 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)
Waushara County	23.9 min	47.8 min	199 hrs/yr	$6,175	350
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.

Commute Time Map: Wisconsin Counties

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On average, it takes 23.9 minutes to get to work in Waushara County. That's 7% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Wisconsin

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 8.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Waushara County

• Car: 87.3%
• Worked at Home: 8.2%
• Walked: 2.8%
• Other: 1.3%
• Public Transportation: 0.3% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Waushara County: 3.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.3% vs 1.1%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Waushara County: 10.2 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Waushara County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Waushara 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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• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.4%	5.2%	3.2%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2010	89.3%	5.3%	3.4%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	89.6%	5.6%	2.8%	1.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2012	90.3%	5.5%	2.3%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	90.8%	5.3%	2.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	90.3%	5.1%	2.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	90.4%	4.9%	2.3%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%
2016	90.4%	4.8%	2.4%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2017	90.5%	5.4%	2.2%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2018	91.0%	5.1%	2.1%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	90.9%	5.2%	2.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	91.3%	4.4%	2.2%	1.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	90.5%	5.0%	2.1%	1.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	88.9%	6.0%	2.7%	1.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	88.1%	7.4%	2.3%	1.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	87.3%	8.2%	2.8%	1.3%	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 2020 at 91.3%. Overall it fell from 89.4% in 2009 to 87.3% in 2024, down 2.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Waushara County: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 8.2% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Waushara County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Waushara County?

The bars show when commuters in Waushara 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 Waushara County10.1% Wisconsin6.9%	10.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Waushara County9.0% Wisconsin4.7%	9.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Waushara County9.9% Wisconsin6.1%	9.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Waushara County8.8% Wisconsin8.5%	8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Waushara County10.3% Wisconsin10.4%	10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Waushara County13.8% Wisconsin14.7%	13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Waushara County9.4% Wisconsin12.7%	9.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Waushara County6.1% Wisconsin9.0%	6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Waushara County2.3% Wisconsin4.0%	2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Waushara County3.1% Wisconsin4.7%	3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Waushara County2.0% Wisconsin2.4%	2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Waushara County1.6% Wisconsin1.3%	1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Waushara County8.0% Wisconsin8.1%	8.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Waushara County5.8% Wisconsin6.4%	5.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Waushara County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 28.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wisconsin: 39.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.4%) 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 Waushara 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 Waushara 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 Waushara 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	Waushara County	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:14 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:17 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:19 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:14 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:14 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:15 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:13 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:11 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:12 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:09 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:05 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:06 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:05 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:04 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Waushara County were on the road by 7:04 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:15 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Waushara County now leave 33 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 Waushara County has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Waushara County in the whole series.

How does Waushara County's commute time compare?

Metric	Waushara County	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.9 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	8.2%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Waushara County is 23.9 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 2.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau