Burnsville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Burnsville, Minnesota: 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 Burnsville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Burnsville spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 180 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.2 minutes.

Burnsville holds about 1.1% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Burnsville would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,228 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)
Burnsville	21.6 min	43.1 min	180 hrs/yr	$5,571	1,999
Minnesota	20.3 min	40.6 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,249	854
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.

Burnsville Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.6 minutes to get to work in Burnsville. That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 17.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Burnsville

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Burnsville, versus 0.1% in Minnesota.

Walking is unusually rare in Burnsville: 3.6 times less than the Minnesota average (0.7% vs 2.5%).

Biking is unusually rare in Burnsville: 4.4 times less than the Minnesota average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Burnsville: just 0.8%, 3.7 times below the Minnesota average of 3.0%.

Commute Mode Trends in Burnsville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Burnsville 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	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	90.2%	3.6%	3.4%	0.4%	1.8%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2010	89.6%	3.7%	3.6%	0.7%	1.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%
2011	89.7%	3.6%	4.0%	0.6%	1.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
2012	89.8%	3.3%	4.2%	0.7%	1.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2013	89.5%	3.5%	4.1%	0.7%	1.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2014	89.5%	3.9%	4.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2015	89.2%	4.2%	4.4%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	89.1%	4.3%	4.4%	0.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2017	89.3%	4.6%	4.3%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	88.1%	4.7%	4.9%	0.6%	1.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	87.9%	5.5%	4.2%	0.5%	1.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	87.6%	7.3%	3.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	84.7%	10.5%	2.9%	0.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	82.5%	12.9%	2.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	80.5%	15.7%	1.8%	1.0%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	79.3%	17.0%	1.4%	1.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.2% in 2009 to 79.3% in 2024, down 10.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Burnsville: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 17.0% in 2024, up 13.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.4% to 1.4% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Burnsville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Burnsville?

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

12:00-4:59 AM		3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

Burnsville Minnesota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Burnsville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are less common than in Minnesota: 12.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Minnesota: 45.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.0%) 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 Burnsville, 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 Burnsville 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 Burnsville next to Minnesota 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	Burnsville	Minnesota	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:42 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:43 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:45 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:38 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:41 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Burnsville were on the road by 7:40 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Burnsville now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Burnsville has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Burnsville's commute time compare?

Metric	Burnsville	Minnesota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.6 min	20.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	17.0%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.4%	1.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Burnsville is 21.6 minutes, longer than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

1.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Burnsville, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Burnsville, MN is the 3rd largest of the 6 cities compared here, 64,463 residents against a local median of 55,585. Where Burnsville, MN breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 24% below the local median of 22.3% at 17.0%.

The cities themselves spread 4.7% on work from home, so Burnsville, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Burnsville, MN has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Burnsville, MN	64,463	21.6 min #3/6	17.0% #6/6	7:40 AM #2/6
Bloomington, MN	88,700	18.9 min	22.3%	7:52 AM
Apple Valley, MN	55,585	22.2 min	22.4%	7:44 AM
Savage, MN	32,874	23.5 min	22.3%	7:45 AM
Lakeville, MN	74,391	22.7 min	23.4%	7:38 AM
Richfield, MN	36,485	21.0 min	18.7%	7:47 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Burnsville, Minnesota.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Burnsville, Minnesota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 180 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,571 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Burnsville, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Burnsville, Minnesota. 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.