Commuting in Daviess 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 Daviess County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Daviess County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 184 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.2 minutes.
Daviess 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 Daviess County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,286 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)
Daviess County
22.1 min
44.3 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,716
339
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
22.1
minutes to get to work in
Daviess County.
That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 13.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Daviess County
Car:
78.7%
Worked at Home:
13.5%
Walked:
4.3%
Other:
2.2%
Taxi:
0.7%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Daviess County, versus 0.1% in Missouri.
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Daviess County: 4.1 times more than the Missouri average (0.7% vs 0.2%).
Biking is essentially absent in Daviess County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.
Commute Mode Trends in Daviess County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Daviess 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
89.5%
6.1%
2.4%
1.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
89.2%
6.6%
1.6%
2.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
90.6%
6.1%
1.3%
1.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
90.6%
5.3%
1.7%
2.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
88.1%
5.6%
2.2%
3.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
88.7%
5.3%
2.3%
3.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
87.1%
6.1%
2.6%
3.3%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
87.4%
5.2%
3.2%
3.0%
0.1%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
86.6%
5.6%
3.2%
3.3%
0.0%
1.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
87.9%
5.6%
3.8%
1.7%
0.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
86.6%
6.5%
3.3%
2.0%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
87.5%
7.0%
2.4%
1.5%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2021
83.8%
10.1%
2.0%
2.0%
0.3%
1.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
82.5%
10.5%
2.6%
2.2%
0.5%
1.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
80.8%
13.0%
2.5%
1.8%
0.5%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
78.7%
13.5%
4.3%
2.2%
0.7%
0.7%
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 2011 at 90.6%. Overall it fell from 89.5% in 2009 to 78.7% in 2024, down 10.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Daviess County: its share of workers rose from 6.1% in 2009 to 13.5% in 2024, up 7.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Daviess County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Daviess County?
The bars show when commuters in Daviess 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 AMDaviess County8.3%Missouri5.2%
8.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMDaviess County6.1%Missouri3.9%
6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMDaviess County3.5%Missouri5.3%
3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMDaviess County6.9%Missouri9.0%
6.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMDaviess County9.9%Missouri10.4%
9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMDaviess County18.9%Missouri15.0%
18.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMDaviess County15.3%Missouri13.6%
15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMDaviess County10.9%Missouri10.1%
10.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMDaviess County2.8%Missouri4.5%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMDaviess County3.0%Missouri5.2%
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMDaviess County1.5%Missouri2.6%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMDaviess County0.5%Missouri1.2%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMDaviess County7.1%Missouri7.0%
7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMDaviess County5.2%Missouri6.9%
5.2%
Daviess CountyMissouriSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Daviess County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.0% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Missouri: 55.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Daviess 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 Daviess 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 Daviess 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
Daviess County
Missouri
United States
2009
7:16 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:15 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:15 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:10 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:11 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:22 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:23 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Daviess County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:16 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Daviess County now leave 13 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 Daviess County has moved 14 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Daviess County in the whole series.
How does Daviess County's commute time compare?
Metric
Daviess County
Missouri
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.1 min
21.0 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
13.5%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
4.3%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Daviess County is 22.1 minutes, longer than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 4.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Missouri.
Daviess County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Daviess County, MO is typical in size for this group, 8,477 residents against a local median of 9,787, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Daviess County, MO apart most is one-way commute: 22.1 min, 43% above the local median of 15.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 13.5% against a local median of 9.7%, 38% above it. The counties themselves spread 17.4 min on one-way commute, so Daviess County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Daviess County, MO has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Daviess County, Missouri.
Is living in Daviess County, Missouri good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 184 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,716 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Missouri commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Daviess County, Missouri?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Daviess County, Missouri. 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.
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).