Commuting in Clark 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 Clark County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clark 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 179 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% more time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.
Clark 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 Clark County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,222 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)
Clark County
21.5 min
43.0 min
179 hrs/yr
$5,555
283
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
21.5
minutes to get to work in
Clark County.
That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 8.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clark County
Car:
87.2%
Worked at Home:
8.9%
Walked:
2.9%
Other:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Clark County, versus 0.1% in Missouri.
Public transit is unusually rare in Clark County: 18707898.7 times less than the Missouri average (0.0% vs 0.8%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Clark County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.
Commute Mode Trends in Clark County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clark 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
87.0%
7.0%
3.6%
1.6%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
2010
88.5%
6.2%
3.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
2011
89.2%
6.4%
3.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
89.0%
5.4%
3.3%
2.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
88.9%
6.6%
3.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
88.6%
6.2%
3.3%
1.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
89.1%
5.9%
2.9%
2.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
88.7%
6.0%
3.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
86.9%
8.0%
3.8%
1.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
87.1%
6.8%
4.1%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
87.1%
6.1%
4.3%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
83.7%
8.8%
4.8%
2.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
86.1%
8.4%
3.4%
1.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.8%
7.1%
3.0%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
87.9%
7.8%
3.9%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
87.2%
8.9%
2.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
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 2011 at 89.2% and lowest in 2020 at 83.7%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 87.0% in 2009 and 87.2% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clark County: its share of workers rose from 7.0% in 2009 to 8.9% in 2024, up 1.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 2.9% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Clark County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clark County?
The bars show when commuters in Clark 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 AMClark County9.7%Missouri5.2%
9.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClark County2.8%Missouri3.9%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClark County4.9%Missouri5.3%
4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClark County9.3%Missouri9.0%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClark County7.7%Missouri10.4%
7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClark County17.7%Missouri15.0%
17.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClark County21.5%Missouri13.6%
21.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClark County6.3%Missouri10.1%
6.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClark County1.9%Missouri4.5%
1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClark County3.0%Missouri5.2%
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClark County1.7%Missouri2.6%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClark County1.0%Missouri1.2%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClark County4.3%Missouri7.0%
4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClark County8.3%Missouri6.9%
8.3%
Clark CountyMissouriSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clark County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.6% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Missouri: 53.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.2%) 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 Clark 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 Clark 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 Clark 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
Clark County
Missouri
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:23 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:27 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:16 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:09 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:12 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:28 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:35 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clark County were on the road by 7:27 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Clark County now leave 11 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 Clark County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Clark County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clark County
Missouri
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.5 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.9%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
2.9%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clark County is 21.5 minutes, longer than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 2.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Missouri.
Clark County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clark County, MO is typical in size for this group, 6,675 residents against a local median of 7,241, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Clark County, MO apart most is one-way commute: 21.5 min, 33% above the local median of 16.2 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 8.9% against a local median of 11.3%, 21% below it. The counties themselves spread 9.2 min on one-way commute, so Clark County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clark County, MO has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clark County, Missouri.
Is living in Clark County, Missouri good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 179 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,555 at a typical national wage. That's 3% more than the typical Missouri commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Clark County, Missouri?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Clark County, Missouri. 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Clark County, Missouri?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.8% in Missouri, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Missouri?
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).