Commuting in Atchison County, Missouri: 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 Atchison County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Atchison County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.
Atchison County holds about 0.1% of Missouri's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Atchison County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,758 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)
Atchison County
17.0 min
34.0 min
142 hrs/yr
$4,396
195
Missouri
21.0 min
41.9 min
175 hrs/yr
$5,415
923
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
17.0
minutes to get to work in
Atchison County.
That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 73% of counties in Missouri
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Atchison County
Car:
90.4%
Worked at Home:
6.1%
Public Transportation:
1.5%
Walked:
1.0%
Other:
0.9%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Atchison County, versus 0.1% in Missouri.
Biking is essentially absent in Atchison County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.
Commute Mode Trends in Atchison County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Atchison 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
Public Transportation
Walked
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
90.3%
6.0%
0.0%
3.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
90.6%
5.2%
0.0%
3.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
89.5%
5.8%
0.0%
3.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2012
91.6%
4.7%
0.0%
3.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
90.0%
5.2%
0.2%
3.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
90.6%
4.0%
0.2%
4.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2015
91.1%
3.9%
0.2%
4.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2016
92.0%
4.0%
0.2%
3.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2017
92.0%
3.5%
0.4%
3.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
90.8%
4.7%
0.2%
3.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
91.3%
4.9%
0.2%
2.7%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
90.0%
7.1%
0.4%
1.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
88.6%
7.3%
1.6%
1.3%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.6%
7.5%
1.4%
1.2%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.7%
5.7%
1.5%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.4%
6.1%
1.5%
1.0%
0.9%
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 was highest in 2016 at 92.0% and lowest in 2021 at 88.6%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 90.3% in 2009 and 90.4% in 2024.
Public transit gained the most ground in Atchison County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 1.5% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 1.0% of workers (down 2.3 percentage points).
Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 7.5% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 6.1%.
Commute Start Times in Atchison County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Atchison County?
The bars show when commuters in Atchison 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 Missouri for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAtchison County5.4%Missouri5.2%
5.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAtchison County6.9%Missouri3.9%
6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAtchison County8.0%Missouri5.3%
8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAtchison County9.8%Missouri9.0%
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAtchison County11.2%Missouri10.4%
11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAtchison County11.4%Missouri15.0%
11.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAtchison County15.8%Missouri13.6%
15.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAtchison County12.7%Missouri10.1%
12.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAtchison County2.5%Missouri4.5%
2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAtchison County3.1%Missouri5.2%
3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAtchison County1.4%Missouri2.6%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAtchison County1.3%Missouri1.2%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAtchison County5.1%Missouri7.0%
5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAtchison County5.5%Missouri6.9%
5.5%
Atchison CountyMissouriSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Atchison County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.6% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Missouri: 51.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.3%) 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 Atchison 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 Atchison 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 Atchison County next to Missouri 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
Atchison County
Missouri
United States
2009
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:30 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:23 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Atchison County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:20 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Atchison County now leave 15 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 Atchison County has moved 7 minutes earlier.
How does Atchison County's commute time compare?
Metric
Atchison County
Missouri
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.0 min
21.0 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.1%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.5%
0.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Atchison County is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.
1.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.8% in Missouri. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.
Atchison County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Atchison County, MO is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,187 residents against a local median of 7,046. The measure that sets Atchison County, MO apart most is work from home: 6.1%, 19% below the local median of 7.5%.
The counties themselves spread 2.5% on work from home, so Atchison County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Atchison County, MO has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Atchison County, Missouri.
Is living in Atchison County, Missouri good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,396 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Missouri commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Atchison County, Missouri?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Atchison County, Missouri. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Missouri have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Missouri, the shortest average commutes are in Saline County (11.9 min), Adair County (12.0 min), Nodaway County (12.1 min). The longest are in Bollinger County (33.1 min), Ray County (32.2 min), Maries County (31.9 min).