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Commuting in Kittson County, 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 Kittson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kittson County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 129 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Kittson County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,597 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)
Kittson County 15.5 min 30.9 min 129 hrs/yr $3,993 165
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.

Commute Time Map: Minnesota Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Minnesota
  1. Brown County (10.6 min)
  2. Pennington County (10.8 min)
  3. Cottonwood County (10.9 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Minnesota
  1. Chisago County (30.9 min)
  2. Wright County (28.8 min)
  3. Sherburne County (28.8 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Kittson County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 15.5 minutes to get to work in Kittson County. That's 31% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 70% of counties in Minnesota

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 10.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kittson County

  • Car: 83.1%
  • Worked at Home: 10.1%
  • Walked: 5.4%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Taxi: 0.4%
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Kittson County, versus 1.8% in Minnesota.

Commute Mode Trends in Kittson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kittson 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 Taxi Bicycle Motorcycle Public Transportation
2009 83.5% 8.4% 4.8% 2.3% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 82.7% 10.0% 5.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2011 83.8% 9.5% 5.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2012 81.2% 11.2% 6.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 80.1% 11.8% 7.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3%
2014 80.0% 10.6% 7.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.6%
2015 79.7% 8.9% 8.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 1.8%
2016 80.3% 9.0% 8.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 1.7%
2017 82.3% 8.3% 7.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 1.4%
2018 82.7% 8.6% 6.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0%
2019 84.0% 9.3% 5.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5%
2020 83.9% 9.9% 5.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 82.1% 11.1% 5.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 81.9% 11.2% 5.1% 0.8% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 83.1% 9.9% 5.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 83.1% 10.1% 5.4% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2019 at 84.0% and lowest in 2015 at 79.7%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 83.5% in 2009 and 83.1% in 2024.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kittson County: its share of workers rose from 8.4% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 1.7 percentage points.

Walking peaked at 8.6% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 5.4%.

Commute Start Times in Kittson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kittson County?

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

12:00-4:59 AM
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
22.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Kittson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are about as common as in Minnesota: 14.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Minnesota: 58.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.5%) 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 Kittson 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 Kittson 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 Kittson County 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 Kittson County Minnesota United States
2009 7:29 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:25 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:29 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:28 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:29 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:31 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:29 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:19 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:26 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:22 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:27 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:28 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Kittson County were on the road by 7:28 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved either. Commuters in Kittson County now leave 9 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 Kittson County has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Kittson County's commute time compare?

Metric Kittson County Minnesota US Average
Avg. Commute Time 15.5 min 20.3 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.1% 17.6% 15.0%
Walked 5.4% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.8% 3.2%

The average commute time in Kittson County is 15.5 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 5.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Kittson County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Kittson County, MN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,084 residents against a local median of 10,396. Kittson County, MN's one-way commute, at 15.5 min, runs 20% above the 12.9 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 9.3 min on one-way commute, so Kittson County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Kittson County, MN has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Kittson County, MN 4,084 15.5 min #5/6 10.1% #3/6 7:28 AM #3/6
Marshall County, MN 8,909 20.1 min 10.0% 7:24 AM
Pembina County, ND 6,727 12.9 min 7.9% 7:30 AM
Roseau County, MN 15,302 13.7 min 10.7% 7:14 AM
Walsh County, ND 10,396 12.6 min 4.2% 7:34 AM
Pennington County, MN 11,337 10.8 min 10.2% 7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Kittson County, Minnesota.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Kittson County, Minnesota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 129 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,993 at a typical national wage. That's 24% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Kittson County, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Kittson County, Minnesota. 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.

How common is public transit use in Kittson County, Minnesota?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.8% in Minnesota, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Minnesota?

Among counties in Minnesota, the shortest average commutes are in Brown County (10.6 min), Pennington County (10.8 min), Cottonwood County (10.9 min). The longest are in Chisago County (30.9 min), Wright County (28.8 min), Sherburne County (28.8 min).