Commuting in Mower 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 Mower County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Mower County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 114 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 33% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 6.6 minutes.
Mower County holds about 0.7% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Mower County would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,416 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)
Mower County
13.7 min
27.4 min
114 hrs/yr
$3,541
365
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
13.7
minutes to get to work in
Mower County.
That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 74% of counties in Minnesota
The most common departure window is 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Mower County
Car:
87.1%
Worked at Home:
7.3%
Walked:
3.1%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Other:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.5%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.3%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Mower County: 5.3 times more than the Minnesota average (0.5% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Mower County, versus 0.2% in Minnesota.
Commute Mode Trends in Mower County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Mower 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
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
86.4%
4.6%
3.0%
2.7%
0.9%
0.5%
1.9%
0.0%
2010
85.7%
4.5%
4.0%
2.7%
1.2%
0.4%
1.5%
0.0%
2011
86.8%
4.4%
4.1%
1.8%
1.2%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
2012
86.8%
4.7%
4.2%
2.1%
1.3%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
2013
87.6%
4.1%
3.6%
2.3%
1.4%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
2014
88.0%
3.8%
3.6%
2.2%
1.3%
0.3%
0.8%
0.0%
2015
89.0%
4.0%
3.1%
1.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.8%
0.0%
2016
89.3%
3.1%
3.1%
2.0%
1.4%
0.1%
1.1%
0.0%
2017
89.9%
3.0%
3.0%
1.9%
1.0%
0.1%
1.1%
0.0%
2018
89.7%
3.4%
3.5%
1.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2019
90.7%
3.4%
2.7%
1.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2020
90.1%
3.8%
3.1%
1.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2021
89.9%
4.7%
2.9%
1.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
88.8%
5.9%
3.3%
1.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
88.6%
6.4%
2.8%
0.9%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2024
87.1%
7.3%
3.1%
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
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 90.7% and lowest in 2010 at 85.7%. Overall it rose from 86.4% in 2009 to 87.1% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Mower County: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 7.3% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.0% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 4.2% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 3.1%.
Commute Start Times in Mower County
😴Sleeping InThe 3rd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Minnesota's 87 counties: 27.4% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Minnesota's 87 counties: only 39.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mower County?
The bars show when commuters in Mower 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 AMMower County6.3%Minnesota5.0%
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMower County5.5%Minnesota3.8%
5.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMower County8.3%Minnesota5.2%
8.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMower County10.0%Minnesota8.4%
10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMower County10.0%Minnesota10.2%
10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMower County13.8%Minnesota14.8%
13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMower County11.0%Minnesota13.8%
11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMower County4.7%Minnesota10.4%
4.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMower County2.9%Minnesota4.7%
2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMower County3.2%Minnesota5.8%
3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMower County1.3%Minnesota2.7%
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMower County1.2%Minnesota1.3%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMower County14.8%Minnesota8.2%
14.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMower County6.9%Minnesota5.8%
6.9%
Mower CountyMinnesotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Mower County is 12:00-3:59 PM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.2% across Minnesota. Early starts are more common than in Minnesota: 20.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Minnesota: 39.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.4%) 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 Mower 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 Mower 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 Mower 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
Mower County
Minnesota
United States
2009
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:26 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:27 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:28 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Mower County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:25 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Mower County now leave 16 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 Mower County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Mower County's commute time compare?
Metric
Mower County
Minnesota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.7 min
20.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
12:00 PM – 03:59 PM
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
7.3%
17.6%
15.0%
Walked
3.1%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
1.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Mower County is 13.7 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.
1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Minnesota.
Mower County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Mower County, MN is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 40,341 residents against a local median of 10,577. The measure that sets Mower County, MN apart most is work from home: 7.3%, 38% below the local median of 11.9%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.7 min against a local median of 16.2 min, 15% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 15% below the local median it puts Mower County, MN at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.4% on work from home, so Mower County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mower County, MN has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Mower County, Minnesota.
Is living in Mower County, Minnesota good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 114 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,541 at a typical national wage. That's 33% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Mower County, Minnesota?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM in Mower 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 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).