Commuting in Sublette 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 Sublette County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Sublette County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 55% more time on the road than the Wyoming average of 13.2 minutes each way, a difference of 7.3 minutes.
Sublette County holds about 1.5% of Wyoming's population but accounts for roughly 2.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Sublette County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,121 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)
Sublette County
20.5 min
41.1 min
171 hrs/yr
$5,303
147
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.
On average, it takes
20.5
minutes to get to work in
Sublette County.
That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slowest county in Wyoming
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Sublette County
Car:
79.3%
Worked at Home:
16.1%
Walked:
2.5%
Bicycle:
1.1%
Other:
1.0%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Sublette County, versus 0.2% in Wyoming.
Public transit is essentially absent in Sublette County, versus 0.9% in Wyoming.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Sublette County, versus 0.0% in Wyoming.
Commute Mode Trends in Sublette County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Sublette 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
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
82.4%
7.3%
7.7%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
84.6%
7.2%
7.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
84.6%
7.8%
5.7%
0.6%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
84.3%
7.2%
6.8%
0.5%
0.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
85.5%
6.0%
6.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
88.1%
4.3%
5.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
84.7%
5.2%
7.9%
0.8%
0.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
84.6%
5.6%
8.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
85.1%
7.0%
6.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
86.5%
7.5%
4.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
84.3%
7.1%
7.1%
0.5%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
87.2%
7.1%
4.3%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
84.5%
8.2%
4.6%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
84.4%
8.7%
4.4%
1.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
80.4%
13.6%
3.7%
0.8%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
79.3%
16.1%
2.5%
1.1%
1.0%
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 2014 at 88.1%. Overall it fell from 82.4% in 2009 to 79.3% in 2024, down 3.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Sublette County: its share of workers rose from 7.3% in 2009 to 16.1% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.7% to 2.5% of workers (down 5.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 1.0% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Sublette County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sublette County?
The bars show when commuters in Sublette 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
12:00-4:59 AMSublette County5.7%Wyoming5.8%
5.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSublette County5.1%Wyoming4.3%
5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSublette County6.6%Wyoming6.2%
6.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSublette County8.3%Wyoming7.8%
8.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSublette County13.1%Wyoming10.4%
13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSublette County18.5%Wyoming15.1%
18.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSublette County14.0%Wyoming16.2%
14.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSublette County9.6%Wyoming9.7%
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSublette County1.9%Wyoming4.2%
1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSublette County7.0%Wyoming5.6%
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSublette County1.4%Wyoming2.3%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSublette County2.1%Wyoming1.5%
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSublette County3.6%Wyoming5.6%
3.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSublette County3.1%Wyoming5.3%
3.1%
Sublette CountyWyomingSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Sublette County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Wyoming. Early starts are more common than in Wyoming: 17.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Wyoming: 55.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Sublette 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 Sublette 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 Sublette 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
Sublette County
Wyoming
United States
2009
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:26 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:18 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:23 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:33 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:22 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Sublette County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wyoming, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sublette County 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 Sublette County has moved 13 minutes earlier.
How does Sublette County's commute time compare?
Metric
Sublette County
Wyoming
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.5 min
13.2 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 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
16.1%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.5%
3.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Sublette County is 20.5 minutes, longer than the 13.2 minutes in Wyoming.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Wyoming. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.6% in Wyoming.
Sublette County, WY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Sublette County, WY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,838 residents against a local median of 23,396. Sublette County, WY's work from home, at 16.1%, runs 74% above the 9.3% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 20.5 min against a local median of 15.6 min, 32% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 32% above the local median it puts Sublette County, WY at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 11.9% on work from home, so Sublette County, WY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sublette County, WY has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Sublette County, Wyoming.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Sublette County, Wyoming?
Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,303 at a typical national wage. That's 55% more than the typical Wyoming commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Sublette County, Wyoming?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Sublette 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.
Do people use public transit in Sublette County, Wyoming?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Wyoming, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How much money can remote workers save in Sublette County, Wyoming?
About 16.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Sublette County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,121 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).