Harrison County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Harrison County, Iowa: 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 Harrison County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Harrison County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 55% more time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 9.4 minutes.

Harrison County holds about 0.5% of Iowa's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Harrison County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,725 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)
Harrison County	26.4 min	52.7 min	220 hrs/yr	$6,811	406
Iowa	17.0 min	33.9 min	141 hrs/yr	$4,382	606
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: Iowa Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Iowa

Sioux County (10.1 min)
Union County (10.4 min)
Cass County (10.6 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Iowa

Monroe County (30.4 min)
Madison County (30.1 min)
Mills County (26.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Harrison County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.4 minutes to get to work in Harrison County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Iowa

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Harrison County

Commute Mode Trends in Harrison County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Harrison 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.8%	4.7%	3.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	91.6%	4.3%	3.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	92.4%	4.0%	3.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	91.0%	4.0%	4.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2013	91.2%	4.4%	3.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	91.8%	4.2%	2.9%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	91.0%	4.7%	3.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2016	91.0%	4.7%	3.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	90.6%	4.7%	2.6%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	90.4%	4.3%	3.3%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	89.6%	5.5%	3.4%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	89.8%	5.9%	3.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	89.2%	5.9%	3.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	88.1%	7.5%	3.3%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	87.1%	8.6%	3.0%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	86.5%	9.6%	2.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 92.4%. Overall it fell from 90.8% in 2009 to 86.5% in 2024, down 4.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Harrison County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 2.5% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Harrison County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harrison County?

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

12:00-4:59 AM		4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		21.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.9%

Harrison County Iowa Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Harrison County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Iowa. Early starts are about as common as in Iowa: 15.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Iowa's: 51.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.6%) 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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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 Harrison County next to Iowa 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	Harrison County	Iowa	United States
2009	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:17 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:15 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:13 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:14 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:14 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:12 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:14 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:12 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Harrison County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:16 AM). Iowa followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Harrison County now leave 26 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Harrison County in the whole series.

How does Harrison County's commute time compare?

Metric	Harrison County	Iowa	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.4 min	17.0 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.6%	11.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	0.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Harrison County is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Iowa.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Harrison County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Harrison County, IA is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,632 residents against a local median of 21,106. Harrison County, IA's one-way commute, at 26.4 min, runs 46% above the 18.1 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.6% against a local median of 12.8%, 25% below it. The counties themselves spread 8.3 min on one-way commute, so Harrison County, IA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Harrison County, IA has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Harrison County, IA	14,632	26.4 min #6/6	9.6% #5/6	7:12 AM #1/6
Monona County, IA	8,557	16.8 min	7.7%	7:19 AM
Washington County, NE	21,106	21.7 min	14.3%	7:24 AM
Pottawattamie County, IA	93,423	18.1 min	9.8%	7:27 AM
Shelby County, IA	11,778	13.4 min	12.8%	7:24 AM
Douglas County, NE	590,696	18.4 min	16.1%	7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Harrison County, Iowa.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Harrison County, Iowa?

Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,811 at a typical national wage. That's 55% more than the typical Iowa commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Harrison County, Iowa?

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

How do commute times compare across counties in Iowa?

Among counties in Iowa, the shortest average commutes are in Sioux County (10.1 min), Union County (10.4 min), Cass County (10.6 min). The longest are in Monroe County (30.4 min), Madison County (30.1 min), Mills County (26.7 min).