Commuting in Jasper County, Missouri: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
You9/24/26, 8:10 PM
What does a typical morning commute look like in Jasper County?
Map AI9/24/26, 8:10 PM
Commute Time Burden in Jasper County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Jasper County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 140 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.
Jasper County holds about 2.0% of Missouri's population but accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Jasper County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,730 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)
Jasper County
16.7 min
33.5 min
140 hrs/yr
$4,325
1,123
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
16.7
minutes to get to work in
Jasper County.
That's 25% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% of counties in Missouri
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 8.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Jasper County
Car:
88.4%
Worked at Home:
8.8%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Jasper County: 3.4 times less than the Missouri average (0.2% vs 0.8%).
Commute Mode Trends in Jasper County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Jasper 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
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
92.1%
3.8%
2.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2010
92.2%
3.8%
2.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
92.5%
3.6%
2.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2012
92.7%
3.7%
1.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
93.0%
3.8%
1.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2014
92.8%
4.0%
1.6%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
93.2%
3.8%
1.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2016
92.9%
4.0%
1.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2017
93.2%
3.8%
1.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
93.5%
3.3%
1.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2019
93.4%
3.4%
1.6%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
92.4%
4.7%
1.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2021
90.2%
6.5%
1.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
89.6%
7.4%
1.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
89.1%
8.1%
1.4%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
88.4%
8.8%
1.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 93.5%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 88.4% in 2024, down 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Jasper County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 8.8% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.4% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Jasper County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jasper County?
The bars show when commuters in Jasper 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 AMJasper County5.2%Missouri5.2%
5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMJasper County3.5%Missouri3.9%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMJasper County6.9%Missouri5.3%
6.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMJasper County8.0%Missouri9.0%
8.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMJasper County10.7%Missouri10.4%
10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMJasper County14.9%Missouri15.0%
14.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMJasper County14.1%Missouri13.6%
14.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMJasper County8.4%Missouri10.1%
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMJasper County3.6%Missouri4.5%
3.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMJasper County4.4%Missouri5.2%
4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMJasper County2.3%Missouri2.6%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMJasper County1.5%Missouri1.2%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMJasper County7.7%Missouri7.0%
7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMJasper County8.7%Missouri6.9%
8.7%
Jasper CountyMissouriSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Jasper County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.0% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 15.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Missouri's: 48.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.7%) 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 Jasper 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 Jasper 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 Jasper 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
Jasper County
Missouri
United States
2009
7:42 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:37 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:34 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Jasper County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Jasper County now leave 6 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 Jasper County has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Jasper County in the whole series.
How does Jasper County's commute time compare?
Metric
Jasper County
Missouri
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.7 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
8.8%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Jasper County is 16.7 minutes, shorter than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.
Jasper County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Jasper County, MO is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 124,268 residents against a local median of 19,151. Where Jasper County, MO breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 18% below the local median of 20.4 min at 16.7 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 4.4 min on one-way commute, so Jasper County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jasper County, MO has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Jasper County, Missouri.
Is living in Jasper County, Missouri good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 140 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,325 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Missouri commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Jasper County, Missouri?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Jasper 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.
How common is public transit use in Jasper 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.
How do commute times compare across 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).