Crawford County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Crawford 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 2% more time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Crawford County holds about 0.4% of Missouri's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Crawford County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,206 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)
Crawford County	21.3 min	42.7 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,515	419
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.

Commute Time Map: Missouri Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Missouri

Saline County (11.9 min)
Adair County (12.0 min)
Nodaway County (12.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Missouri

Bollinger County (33.1 min)
Ray County (32.2 min)
Maries County (31.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Crawford County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.3 minutes to get to work in Crawford County. That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Crawford County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Crawford County, versus 0.1% in Missouri.

Public transit is unusually rare in Crawford County: 3.6 times less than the Missouri average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Crawford County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.

Working from home is unusually rare in Crawford County: 3.3 times less than the Missouri average (3.9% vs 13.0%).

Commute Mode Trends in Crawford County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Crawford 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	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	92.7%	3.4%	1.4%	2.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	93.6%	3.4%	0.4%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	92.8%	3.7%	0.7%	2.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	93.1%	3.9%	0.5%	2.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	92.6%	4.2%	0.8%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	92.8%	4.6%	1.0%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	93.8%	3.8%	1.0%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	93.8%	3.9%	0.4%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	93.6%	3.4%	0.5%	1.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	92.8%	4.6%	0.4%	1.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	93.6%	4.2%	0.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	92.7%	4.5%	0.7%	1.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.0%	5.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.8%	5.1%	1.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	93.1%	4.5%	1.3%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	93.3%	3.9%	1.3%	1.2%	0.2%	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 2015 at 93.8% and lowest in 2013 at 92.6%. Overall it rose from 92.7% in 2009 to 93.3% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Crawford County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 3.9% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 5.1% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 3.9%.

Commute Start Times in Crawford County

Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Missouri's 115 counties: only 38.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crawford County?

The bars show when commuters in Crawford 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		9.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		8.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.1%

Crawford County Missouri Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Crawford County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.0% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 27.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Missouri: 38.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.4%) 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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	Crawford County	Missouri	United States
2009	7:06 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:06 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:16 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:09 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:07 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:08 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:09 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:04 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:57 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Crawford County were on the road by 6:57 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:06 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Crawford County now leave 41 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 Crawford County has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Crawford County in the whole series.

How does Crawford County's commute time compare?

Metric	Crawford County	Missouri	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.3 min	21.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 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	3.9%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Crawford County is about the same as in Missouri.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Crawford County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Crawford County, MO is typical in size for this group, 22,797 residents against a local median of 23,470, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Crawford County, MO apart most is work from home: 3.9%, 45% below the local median of 7.2%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.3 min against a local median of 18.2 min, 17% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 17% above the local median it puts Crawford County, MO at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.1% on work from home, so Crawford County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crawford County, MO has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Crawford County, MO	22,797	21.3 min #4/6	3.9% #6/6	6:57 AM #1/6
Dent County, MO	14,539	16.6 min	7.2%	7:16 AM
Washington County, MO	23,470	31.4 min	5.8%	7:04 AM
Franklin County, MO	105,953	22.7 min	10.3%	7:09 AM
Phelps County, MO	45,194	15.5 min	7.4%	7:34 AM
Gasconade County, MO	14,746	18.2 min	5.2%	7:09 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Crawford County, Missouri.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Crawford County, Missouri?

Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,515 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical Missouri commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Crawford County, Missouri?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Crawford 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.

Do people use public transit in Crawford County, Missouri?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).