Commuting in Weston 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 Weston County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Weston County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 110 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Wyoming average of 13.2 minutes each way.
Weston County holds about 1.2% of Wyoming's population and accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Weston County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,364 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)
Weston County
13.2 min
26.4 min
110 hrs/yr
$3,411
79
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
13.2
minutes to get to work in
Weston County.
That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 4.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Weston County
Car:
80.8%
Public Transportation:
7.8%unusually high
Worked at Home:
4.9%
Walked:
4.7%
Motorcycle:
1.5%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.2%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Weston County: 8.5 times more than the Wyoming average (1.5% vs 0.2%).
Public transit is unusually common in Weston County: 8.3 times more than the Wyoming average (7.8% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Weston County, versus 0.0% in Wyoming.
Biking is unusually rare in Weston County: 3.1 times less than the Wyoming average (0.2% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Weston County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Weston 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
Public Transportation
Worked at Home
Walked
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
Other
2009
80.3%
9.8%
7.2%
1.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
84.0%
6.2%
6.4%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2011
81.7%
7.9%
6.9%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2012
82.5%
8.5%
4.9%
2.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
79.2%
10.3%
5.6%
3.8%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
80.3%
9.3%
5.7%
3.5%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
79.1%
10.8%
5.5%
3.4%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
81.2%
7.4%
5.6%
4.1%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.5%
2017
79.4%
9.1%
6.9%
3.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
1.0%
2018
79.2%
8.3%
5.8%
5.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2019
78.2%
9.6%
6.2%
4.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
2020
78.1%
7.3%
6.6%
4.9%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
2021
77.3%
7.6%
5.6%
5.6%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
2.0%
2022
79.1%
7.0%
5.7%
6.5%
1.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
81.4%
5.9%
5.1%
6.0%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
80.8%
7.8%
4.9%
4.7%
1.5%
0.2%
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 2010 at 84.0% and lowest in 2021 at 77.3%. Overall it rose from 80.3% in 2009 to 80.8% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Walking gained the most ground in Weston County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 7.2% to 4.9% of workers (down 2.3 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 10.8% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 7.8%.
Commute Start Times in Weston County
🐦Early BirdThe earliest start among Wyoming's 23 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:41 AM.
🌅Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Wyoming's 23 counties: 38.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Wyoming's 23 counties: only 33.3% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
⏰Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Wyoming's 23 counties: the typical start is 29 minutes earlier than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Weston County?
The bars show when commuters in Weston 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 AMWeston County17.5%Wyoming5.8%
17.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWeston County11.8%Wyoming4.3%
11.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWeston County9.2%Wyoming6.2%
9.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWeston County9.3%Wyoming7.8%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWeston County6.0%Wyoming10.4%
6.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWeston County10.4%Wyoming15.1%
10.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWeston County12.7%Wyoming16.2%
12.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWeston County4.2%Wyoming9.7%
4.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWeston County2.7%Wyoming4.2%
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWeston County3.1%Wyoming5.6%
3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWeston County1.4%Wyoming2.3%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWeston County0.3%Wyoming1.5%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWeston County3.8%Wyoming5.6%
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWeston County7.6%Wyoming5.3%
7.6%
Weston CountyWyomingSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Weston County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.8% across Wyoming. Early starts are more common than in Wyoming: 38.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Wyoming: 33.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.2%) 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 Weston 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 Weston 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 Weston 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
Weston County
Wyoming
United States
2009
7:11 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:16 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:08 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:11 AM
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:20 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:03 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:05 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:07 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:41 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Weston County were on the road by 6:41 AM, 29 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:11 AM). The shift is sharper than across Wyoming, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Weston County now leave 56 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 Weston County has moved 27 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Weston County in the whole series.
How does Weston County's commute time compare?
Metric
Weston County
Wyoming
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.2 min
13.2 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 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
4.9%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
4.7%
3.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
7.8%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Weston County is about the same as in Wyoming.
7.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Wyoming. 4.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.6% in Wyoming.
Weston County, WY Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Weston County, WY is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,826 residents against a local median of 8,892. Weston County, WY's work from home, at 4.9%, runs 56% below the 11.2% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.2 min against a local median of 15.8 min, 17% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 17% below the local median it puts Weston County, WY at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.4% on work from home, so Weston County, WY sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Weston County, WY has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Weston County, Wyoming.
Is living in Weston County, Wyoming good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 110 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,411 at a typical national wage.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Weston County, Wyoming?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Weston 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 Weston County, Wyoming?
Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 7.8% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Wyoming, making it a realistic option for many 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).