Commuting in Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Lac qui Parle County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 110 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 7.1 minutes.
Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,368 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)
Lac qui Parle County
13.2 min
26.5 min
110 hrs/yr
$3,421
230
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.
On average, it takes
13.2
minutes to get to work in
Lac qui Parle County.
That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 84% 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 13.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Lac qui Parle County
Car:
80.0%
Worked at Home:
13.5%
Walked:
5.0%
Other:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Lac qui Parle County, versus 0.1% in Minnesota.
Public transit is unusually rare in Lac qui Parle County: 5.5 times less than the Minnesota average (0.3% vs 1.8%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Lac qui Parle County, versus 0.2% in Minnesota.
Commute Mode Trends in Lac qui Parle County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Lac qui Parle 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
82.1%
10.8%
6.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
81.1%
11.6%
6.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
81.6%
11.6%
5.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
81.2%
11.3%
6.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
82.5%
10.6%
6.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
82.5%
10.9%
5.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
83.2%
10.5%
5.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
84.6%
9.3%
4.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
84.0%
9.7%
5.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
83.4%
9.6%
5.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
84.0%
9.2%
5.2%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
82.6%
10.2%
5.5%
1.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
81.1%
13.1%
4.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
80.7%
13.0%
5.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
81.7%
12.6%
4.5%
0.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
80.0%
13.5%
5.0%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 84.6%. Overall it fell from 82.1% in 2009 to 80.0% in 2024, down 2.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Lac qui Parle County: its share of workers rose from 10.8% in 2009 to 13.5% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.2% to 5.0% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Lac qui Parle County
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Minnesota's 87 counties: 64.7% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lac qui Parle County?
The bars show when commuters in Lac qui Parle 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
12:00-4:59 AMLac qui Parle County3.2%Minnesota5.0%
3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLac qui Parle County5.6%Minnesota3.8%
5.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLac qui Parle County4.7%Minnesota5.2%
4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLac qui Parle County6.0%Minnesota8.4%
6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLac qui Parle County11.3%Minnesota10.2%
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLac qui Parle County17.6%Minnesota14.8%
17.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLac qui Parle County21.0%Minnesota13.8%
21.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLac qui Parle County14.9%Minnesota10.4%
14.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLac qui Parle County2.4%Minnesota4.7%
2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLac qui Parle County4.7%Minnesota5.8%
4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLac qui Parle County1.2%Minnesota2.7%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLac qui Parle County0.7%Minnesota1.3%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLac qui Parle County2.9%Minnesota8.2%
2.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLac qui Parle County3.8%Minnesota5.8%
3.8%
Lac qui Parle CountyMinnesotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Lac qui Parle County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are about as common as in Minnesota: 13.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Minnesota: 64.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.4%) 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 Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle 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
Lac qui Parle County
Minnesota
United States
2009
7:38 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:35 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:33 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:35 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Lac qui Parle County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:38 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lac qui Parle County now leave 5 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 Lac qui Parle County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Lac qui Parle County in the whole series.
How does Lac qui Parle County's commute time compare?
Metric
Lac qui Parle County
Minnesota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.2 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
13.5%
17.6%
15.0%
Walked
5.0%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
1.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Lac qui Parle County is 13.2 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 5.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Minnesota.
Lac qui Parle County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Lac qui Parle County, MN is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,682 residents against a local median of 5,603. The measure that sets Lac qui Parle County, MN apart most is work from home: 13.5%, 42% above the local median of 9.5%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.2 min against a local median of 17.8 min, 26% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 26% below the local median it puts Lac qui Parle County, MN at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 8.8% on work from home, so Lac qui Parle County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lac qui Parle County, MN has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
Is commuting expensive in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 110 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,421 at a typical national wage. That's 35% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% 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).