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Washakie County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Washakie County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Washakie County spend about 16 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 66 hours, about 2.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% less time on the road than the Wyoming average of 13.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.3 minutes.

Washakie County holds about 1.3% of Wyoming's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Washakie County would save about 26 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $819 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)
Washakie County 7.9 min 15.8 min 66 hrs/yr $2,046 177
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
  1. Niobrara County (7.6 min)
  2. Washakie County (7.9 min)
  3. Hot Springs County (8.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Wyoming
  1. Sublette County (20.5 min)
  2. Crook County (17.5 min)
  3. Lincoln County (17.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Washakie County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 7.9 minutes to get to work in Washakie County. That's 65% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Wyoming

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 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 Washakie County

  • Car: 85.1%
  • Worked at Home: 8.2%
  • Walked: 4.7%
  • Bicycle: 1.1%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Washakie County, versus 0.2% in Wyoming.

Public transit is unusually rare in Washakie County: 35.5 times less than the Wyoming average (0.0% vs 0.9%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Washakie County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Washakie 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 83.1% 8.2% 7.5% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 80.9% 8.4% 8.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2011 83.7% 7.2% 7.1% 0.9% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.5%
2012 85.2% 5.5% 6.8% 1.3% 0.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
2013 83.8% 6.3% 7.5% 1.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2014 83.7% 5.5% 7.3% 1.7% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2015 86.5% 4.5% 6.2% 1.5% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2016 86.9% 5.1% 6.0% 0.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2017 87.4% 4.4% 6.9% 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2018 87.6% 3.3% 6.4% 0.3% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 85.8% 4.1% 6.7% 1.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2020 88.4% 2.8% 5.2% 1.3% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 88.7% 2.9% 4.0% 1.7% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 86.9% 3.7% 4.7% 2.2% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 83.4% 8.3% 5.2% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.1% 8.2% 4.7% 1.1% 0.8% 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 was highest in 2021 at 88.7% and lowest in 2010 at 80.9%. Overall it rose from 83.1% in 2009 to 85.1% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Biking gained the most ground in Washakie County: its share of workers rose from 0.1% in 2009 to 1.1% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.5% to 4.7% of workers (down 2.8 percentage points).

Biking peaked at 2.2% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 1.1%.

Commute Start Times in Washakie County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Wyoming's 23 counties: 64.0% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Washakie County?

The bars show when commuters in Washakie 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
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
14.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
27.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Washakie County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 27.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.2% across Wyoming. Early starts are less common than in Wyoming: 12.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Wyoming: 64.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.4% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (15.3%) 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 Washakie 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 Washakie 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 Washakie 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 Washakie County Wyoming United States
2009 7:42 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:41 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:35 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:36 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:34 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:34 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:39 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:43 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:44 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:44 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:41 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:41 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:41 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:34 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:34 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Washakie County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wyoming, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Washakie County now leave 4 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 Washakie County has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does Washakie County's commute time compare?

Metric Washakie County Wyoming US Average
Avg. Commute Time 7.9 min 13.2 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 8.2% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 4.7% 3.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Washakie County is 7.9 minutes, shorter than the 13.2 minutes in Wyoming.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Wyoming. 4.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.6% in Wyoming.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Washakie County, WY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Washakie County, WY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,703 residents against a local median of 11,828. Where Washakie County, WY breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 33% below the local median of 11.9 min at 7.9 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 5.0 min on one-way commute, so Washakie County, WY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Washakie County, WY has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Washakie County, WY 7,703 7.9 min #1/6 8.2% #6/6 7:33 AM #3/6
Big Horn County, WY 11,828 11.9 min 8.9% 7:31 AM
Hot Springs County, WY 4,620 8.1 min 9.9% 7:37 AM
Johnson County, WY 8,686 11.0 min 19.2% 7:37 AM
Sheridan County, WY 32,052 12.5 min 9.5% 7:29 AM
Fremont County, WY 39,456 13.1 min 9.7% 7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Washakie County, Wyoming.

Is commuting expensive in Washakie County, Wyoming?

Commuters here spend an estimated 66 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,046 at a typical national wage. That's 40% less than the typical Wyoming commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Washakie County, Wyoming?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Washakie County, Wyoming. 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Washakie 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.

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).