Platte County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Platte County, Wyoming: 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 Platte County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Platte County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 71 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 36% less time on the road than the Wyoming average of 13.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Platte County holds about 1.5% of Wyoming's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Platte County would save about 28 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $878 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)
Platte County	8.5 min	17.0 min	71 hrs/yr	$2,195	154
Wyoming	13.2 min	26.5 min	110 hrs/yr	$3,422	263
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: Wyoming Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Wyoming

Niobrara County (7.6 min)
Washakie County (7.9 min)
Hot Springs County (8.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Wyoming

Sublette County (20.5 min)
Crook County (17.5 min)
Lincoln County (17.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Platte County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 8.5 minutes to get to work in Platte County. That's 62% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Wyoming

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 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 Platte County

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Platte County: 3.1 times more than the Wyoming average (0.6% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Platte County: 6.7 times less than the Wyoming average (0.1% vs 0.9%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Platte County, versus 0.0% in Wyoming.

Biking is essentially absent in Platte County, versus 0.7% in Wyoming.

Commute Mode Trends in Platte County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Platte 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.

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	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	84.8%	9.1%	5.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	84.9%	8.1%	5.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	83.7%	8.6%	5.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	1.1%
2012	83.8%	10.9%	3.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	1.0%
2013	81.0%	11.7%	5.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	1.0%
2014	82.9%	10.2%	5.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	1.3%
2015	82.5%	10.4%	4.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	2.2%
2016	81.6%	11.8%	4.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	1.1%
2017	84.4%	10.1%	3.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	1.1%
2018	85.6%	8.4%	4.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.9%
2019	87.8%	7.3%	3.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%
2020	88.6%	6.3%	4.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	91.9%	3.5%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	86.7%	7.2%	5.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	88.7%	7.1%	3.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	85.6%	8.2%	3.9%	1.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2021 at 91.9% and lowest in 2013 at 81.0%. Overall it rose from 84.8% in 2009 to 85.6% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Riding a motorcycle gained the most ground in Platte County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.6% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.0% to 3.9% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Riding a motorcycle overtook public transit to become the 5th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 11.8% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 8.2%.

Commute Start Times in Platte County

Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Wyoming's 23 counties: the typical start is 21 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Platte County?

The bars show when commuters in Platte 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 Wyoming for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		0.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		23.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		14.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		19.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		5.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		8.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.1%

Platte County Wyoming Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Platte County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 23.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.8% across Wyoming. Early starts are less common than in Wyoming: 6.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Wyoming's: 51.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.0%) 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 Platte 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 Platte 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 Platte County next to Wyoming 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	Platte County	Wyoming	United States
2009	7:35 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:42 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:36 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:30 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:18 AM	7:29 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:01 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:00 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:06 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:06 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:07 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:14 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Platte County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 21 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wyoming, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Platte County now leave 24 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 Platte County has moved 13 minutes later.

How does Platte County's commute time compare?

Metric	Platte County	Wyoming	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.5 min	13.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.2%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Platte County is 8.5 minutes, shorter than the 13.2 minutes in Wyoming.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Wyoming. 3.9% commute by walking, higher than the 3.6% in Wyoming.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Platte County, WY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Platte County, WY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,612 residents against a local median of 13,762. Platte County, WY's one-way commute, at 8.5 min, runs 27% below the 11.6 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 8.2% against a local median of 11.1%, 26% below it. The counties themselves spread 7.5 min on one-way commute, so Platte County, WY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Platte County, WY has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Platte County, WY	8,612	8.5 min #2/6	8.2% #5/6	7:14 AM #3/6
Goshen County, WY	12,605	11.6 min	13.0%	7:23 AM
Laramie County, WY	101,060	15.0 min	9.1%	7:23 AM
Albany County, WY	38,249	11.2 min	11.1%	7:55 AM
Converse County, WY	13,762	12.1 min	6.5%	7:11 AM
Niobrara County, WY	2,368	7.6 min	11.3%	7:07 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Platte County, Wyoming.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Platte County, Wyoming?

Commuters here spend an estimated 71 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,195 at a typical national wage. That's 36% less than the typical Wyoming commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Platte County, Wyoming?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Platte County, Wyoming?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Wyoming, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Wyoming?

Among counties in Wyoming, the shortest average commutes are in Niobrara County (7.6 min), Washakie County (7.9 min), Hot Springs County (8.1 min). The longest are in Sublette County (20.5 min), Crook County (17.5 min), Lincoln County (17.3 min).