Todd County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Todd 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 Todd County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Todd County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Todd County holds about 0.4% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Todd County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,212 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)
Todd County	21.4 min	42.8 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,531	340
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

Brown County (10.6 min)
Pennington County (10.8 min)
Cottonwood County (10.9 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Minnesota

Chisago County (30.9 min)
Wright County (28.8 min)
Sherburne County (28.8 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Todd County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.4 minutes to get to work in Todd County. That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 77% of counties in Minnesota

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 13.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Todd County

Public transit is unusually rare in Todd County: 5.2 times less than the Minnesota average (0.3% vs 1.8%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Todd County: 232182.0 times less than the Minnesota average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Todd County: 379935961.0 times less than the Minnesota average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Todd County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Todd 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	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	85.7%	9.1%	3.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	84.5%	10.4%	3.3%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	84.8%	9.5%	3.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	85.3%	9.0%	3.8%	1.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	84.4%	9.5%	4.0%	1.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	85.1%	8.7%	3.8%	1.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	85.2%	8.3%	4.4%	1.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	86.0%	7.9%	3.9%	1.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	86.4%	7.8%	3.8%	1.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	86.9%	7.7%	3.3%	1.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	86.5%	8.1%	3.3%	1.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	86.7%	8.5%	2.9%	1.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	85.6%	9.9%	2.5%	1.2%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.1%	10.8%	2.9%	1.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	82.2%	13.5%	2.7%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.8%	13.9%	2.6%	1.3%	0.3%	0.1%	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 2018 at 86.9%. Overall it fell from 85.7% in 2009 to 81.8% in 2024, down 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Todd County: its share of workers rose from 9.1% in 2009 to 13.9% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 2.6% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Todd County

Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Minnesota's 87 counties: the typical start is 19 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Todd County?

The bars show when commuters in Todd 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		9.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Todd County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are more common than in Minnesota: 24.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Minnesota: 44.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.9%) 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 Todd 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 Todd 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 Todd 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	Todd County	Minnesota	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:13 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:09 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:09 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:08 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Todd County were on the road by 7:08 AM, 19 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Todd County now leave 30 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 Todd County has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Todd County in the whole series.

How does Todd County's commute time compare?

Metric	Todd County	Minnesota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.4 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	13.9%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Todd County is 21.4 minutes, longer than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Todd County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Todd County, MN is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 25,575 residents against a local median of 34,249. Todd County, MN's work from home, at 13.9%, runs 31% above the 10.6% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.4 min against a local median of 17.2 min, 24% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 24% above the local median it puts Todd County, MN at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.3% on work from home, so Todd County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Todd County, MN has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Todd County, MN	25,575	21.4 min #5/6	13.9% #1/6	7:08 AM #1/6
Wadena County, MN	14,256	15.9 min	8.4%	7:19 AM
Douglas County, MN	39,575	16.1 min	11.5%	7:29 AM
Stearns County, MN	160,684	17.2 min	10.6%	7:26 AM
Morrison County, MN	34,249	23.4 min	8.7%	7:12 AM
Pope County, MN	11,416	18.2 min	11.7%	7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Todd County, Minnesota.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Todd County, Minnesota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,531 at a typical national wage. That's 5% more than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Todd County, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Todd County, 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.

Do people use public transit in Todd 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.

Which counties in Minnesota have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).