West Bend Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in West Bend, 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 West Bend: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in West Bend spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 192 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.

West Bend 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 West Bend would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,385 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)
West Bend	23.1 min	46.2 min	192 hrs/yr	$5,962	1,938
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.

West Bend Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.1 minutes to get to work in West Bend. That's 3% longer 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 8.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in West Bend

Public transit is unusually rare in West Bend: 5.7 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.2% vs 1.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in West Bend, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in West Bend 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.1%	2.2%	2.0%	0.1%	1.8%	0.8%	1.4%	0.8%
2010	92.3%	2.0%	2.1%	0.0%	1.4%	0.6%	1.1%	0.4%
2011	93.2%	2.2%	2.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.4%
2012	92.9%	2.2%	2.6%	0.0%	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
2013	94.0%	1.9%	2.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
2014	94.3%	1.8%	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2015	93.1%	1.7%	1.6%	0.4%	1.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.4%
2016	93.5%	1.9%	1.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.3%
2017	93.6%	1.8%	1.3%	0.8%	0.5%	1.0%	1.1%	0.0%
2018	92.1%	2.2%	1.7%	0.9%	0.6%	1.0%	1.4%	0.1%
2019	91.8%	2.8%	1.9%	0.8%	0.3%	0.9%	1.5%	0.0%
2020	91.3%	4.9%	2.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%
2021	89.3%	6.0%	2.7%	0.2%	0.5%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%
2022	88.5%	7.3%	2.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%
2023	88.0%	7.9%	2.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%
2024	86.9%	8.5%	2.5%	0.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 94.3%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 86.9% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in West Bend: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 8.5% in 2024, up 6.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.2% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in West Bend

What Time Do People Leave for Work in West Bend?

The bars show when commuters in West Bend 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		7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in West Bend is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are more common than in Wisconsin: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Wisconsin's: 46.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 West Bend, 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 West Bend 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 West Bend 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	West Bend	Wisconsin	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:33 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:32 AM	7:31 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:27 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:24 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:21 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:19 AM	7:27 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:19 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:18 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in West Bend were on the road by 7:18 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wisconsin, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in West Bend now leave 20 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 West Bend has moved 3 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for West Bend in the whole series.

How does West Bend's commute time compare?

Metric	West Bend	Wisconsin	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.1 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	8.5%	13.1%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in West Bend is 23.1 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in West Bend, Wisconsin.

Is commuting expensive in West Bend, Wisconsin?

Commuters here spend an estimated 192 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,962 at a typical national wage. That's 23% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in West Bend, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in West Bend, 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.

How common is public transit use in West Bend, Wisconsin?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.