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Commuting in Ringgold 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 Ringgold County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ringgold County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 132 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Ringgold County holds about 0.1% of Iowa's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Ringgold County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,638 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)
Ringgold County 15.9 min 31.7 min 132 hrs/yr $4,095 158
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
  1. Sioux County (10.1 min)
  2. Union County (10.4 min)
  3. Cass County (10.6 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Iowa
  1. Monroe County (30.4 min)
  2. Madison County (30.1 min)
  3. Mills County (26.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Ringgold County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 15.9 minutes to get to work in Ringgold County. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ringgold County

  • Car: 82.0%
  • Worked at Home: 10.0%
  • Walked: 7.5%
  • Bicycle: 0.3%
  • Other: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Ringgold County, versus 0.1% in Iowa.

Public transit is essentially absent in Ringgold County, versus 0.7% in Iowa.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Ringgold County, versus 0.2% in Iowa.

Commute Mode Trends in Ringgold County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ringgold 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 88.8% 7.5% 2.8% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2010 90.1% 6.1% 2.6% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 87.6% 8.0% 2.8% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 87.6% 6.9% 2.7% 0.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 87.4% 6.6% 2.6% 0.3% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 85.4% 7.9% 3.0% 0.3% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 83.7% 10.9% 3.1% 0.5% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 88.2% 6.9% 2.8% 0.5% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 87.0% 9.4% 2.9% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 87.7% 8.8% 2.5% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 88.6% 8.0% 1.7% 0.0% 1.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 83.9% 6.8% 7.9% 0.0% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 81.5% 9.8% 7.4% 0.0% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 79.8% 11.7% 7.3% 0.0% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 81.3% 11.2% 6.7% 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 82.0% 10.0% 7.5% 0.3% 0.2% 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 2010 at 90.1% and lowest in 2022 at 79.8%. Overall it fell from 88.8% in 2009 to 82.0% in 2024, down 6.8 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Ringgold County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 4.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home peaked at 11.7% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 10.0%.

Commute Start Times in Ringgold County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among Iowa's 99 counties: 65.0% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ringgold County?

The bars show when commuters in Ringgold 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
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
14.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
17.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
16.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Ringgold County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.6% across Iowa. Early starts are less common than in Iowa: 13.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Iowa: 65.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 13 commuters (7.8%) 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 Ringgold 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 Ringgold 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 Ringgold 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 Ringgold County Iowa United States
2009 7:22 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:29 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:21 AM 7:34 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:26 AM 7:33 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:25 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:29 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:21 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:17 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:14 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:14 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:11 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:16 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:18 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ringgold County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:22 AM). Iowa followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Ringgold 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 Ringgold County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Ringgold County's commute time compare?

Metric Ringgold County Iowa US Average
Avg. Commute Time 15.9 min 17.0 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.0% 11.3% 15.0%
Walked 7.5% 2.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.7% 3.2%

The average commute time in Ringgold County is 15.9 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Iowa.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in Iowa. 7.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ringgold County, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Ringgold County, IA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,645 residents against a local median of 7,759. Where Ringgold County, IA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 66% above the local median of 6.0% at 10.0%.

The counties themselves spread 8.8% on work from home, so Ringgold County, IA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Ringgold County, IA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Ringgold County, IA 4,645 15.9 min #3/6 10.0% #2/6 7:18 AM #1/6
Union County, IA 11,993 10.4 min 4.6% 7:35 AM
Worth County, MO 1,934 20.3 min 11.8% 7:32 AM
Taylor County, IA 5,868 18.4 min 3.0% 7:23 AM
Harrison County, MO 8,190 15.5 min 9.7% 7:22 AM
Decatur County, IA 7,759 15.9 min 6.0% 7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ringgold County, Iowa.

Is living in Ringgold County, Iowa good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 132 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,095 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Iowa commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Ringgold County, Iowa?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Ringgold County, Iowa. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Ringgold County, Iowa?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in Iowa, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).