Commuting in Kossuth 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 Kossuth County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Kossuth County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 104 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% less time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.
Kossuth County holds about 0.5% of Iowa's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Kossuth County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,285 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)
Kossuth County
12.4 min
24.9 min
104 hrs/yr
$3,212
261
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.
On average, it takes
12.4
minutes to get to work in
Kossuth County.
That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 89% of counties in Iowa
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 7.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Kossuth County
Car:
87.6%
Worked at Home:
7.2%
Walked:
3.8%
Other:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Kossuth County: 12.0 times less than the Iowa average (0.1% vs 0.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Kossuth County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Kossuth 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
87.4%
5.7%
4.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
87.6%
6.2%
4.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
2011
88.2%
5.8%
3.9%
0.7%
0.3%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
2012
88.8%
6.2%
3.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
2013
89.0%
6.3%
3.3%
0.8%
0.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
89.5%
5.5%
3.1%
0.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
88.9%
4.9%
4.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
88.6%
5.5%
4.1%
0.8%
0.0%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
2017
87.8%
5.7%
4.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
2018
87.0%
6.4%
3.8%
1.2%
0.0%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
2019
87.0%
7.0%
3.8%
1.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
2020
86.6%
7.3%
3.9%
1.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2021
85.3%
8.2%
4.5%
1.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
85.8%
7.7%
4.5%
0.9%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
2023
86.7%
7.8%
3.6%
0.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
2024
87.6%
7.2%
3.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2014 at 89.5% and lowest in 2021 at 85.3%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 87.4% in 2009 and 87.6% in 2024. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Kossuth County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 7.2% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.7% to 3.8% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Kossuth County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kossuth County?
The bars show when commuters in Kossuth 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
12:00-4:59 AMKossuth County7.7%Iowa5.2%
7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMKossuth County5.1%Iowa4.1%
5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMKossuth County6.5%Iowa5.7%
6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMKossuth County9.9%Iowa8.2%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMKossuth County9.3%Iowa11.2%
9.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMKossuth County18.8%Iowa15.1%
18.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMKossuth County16.6%Iowa15.6%
16.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMKossuth County10.6%Iowa9.1%
10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMKossuth County1.8%Iowa3.6%
1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMKossuth County1.8%Iowa4.4%
1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMKossuth County3.5%Iowa2.3%
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMKossuth County0.6%Iowa1.1%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMKossuth County4.7%Iowa7.5%
4.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMKossuth County3.1%Iowa6.8%
3.1%
Kossuth CountyIowaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Kossuth County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Iowa. Early starts are more common than in Iowa: 19.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Iowa: 55.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.8%) 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth 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
Kossuth County
Iowa
United States
2009
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:29 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:17 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:14 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Kossuth County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). The shift is sharper than across Iowa, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Kossuth County now leave 19 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 Kossuth County has moved 6 minutes earlier.
How does Kossuth County's commute time compare?
Metric
Kossuth County
Iowa
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.4 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.2%
11.3%
15.0%
Walked
3.8%
2.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Kossuth County is 12.4 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Iowa.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.9% in Iowa.
Kossuth County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Kossuth County, IA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,516 residents against a local median of 9,591. Nothing separates Kossuth County, IA sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 6% below the local median at 12.4 min against 13.2 min. Kossuth County, IA has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Kossuth County, Iowa.
Is commuting expensive in Kossuth County, Iowa?
Commuters here spend an estimated 104 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,212 at a typical national wage. That's 27% less than the typical Iowa commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Kossuth County, Iowa?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Kossuth County, Iowa. 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 Kossuth County, Iowa?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in Iowa, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).