Lewis County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lewis 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 185 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.

Lewis County holds about 0.2% of Missouri's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lewis County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,293 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)
Lewis County	22.2 min	44.4 min	185 hrs/yr	$5,732	670
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

Lewis County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.2 minutes to get to work in Lewis County. That's 1% 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 9.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lewis County

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Lewis County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.

Commute Mode Trends in Lewis County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lewis 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	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	84.6%	6.5%	7.9%	0.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	82.1%	7.2%	9.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	83.7%	5.7%	9.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	84.5%	7.2%	7.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	85.2%	6.9%	6.6%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	85.9%	5.8%	6.7%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	83.6%	8.9%	5.8%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	84.8%	9.5%	3.9%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	85.5%	8.7%	4.1%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	85.1%	7.7%	5.1%	0.6%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	85.0%	8.4%	4.8%	0.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	87.1%	7.5%	3.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.6%	5.8%	3.9%	0.5%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.0%	4.8%	3.4%	0.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.5%	7.9%	2.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	88.1%	9.0%	2.1%	0.4%	0.4%	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 2022 at 90.0% and lowest in 2010 at 82.1%. Overall it rose from 84.6% in 2009 to 88.1% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lewis County: its share of workers rose from 6.5% in 2009 to 9.0% in 2024, up 2.5 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.9% to 2.1% of workers (down 5.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2015 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lewis County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lewis County?

The bars show when commuters in Lewis 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		5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		16.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lewis County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.6% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 19.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Missouri's: 49.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.2%) 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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	Lewis County	Missouri	United States
2009	7:25 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:25 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:31 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lewis County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:25 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lewis County now leave 16 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 Lewis County has moved 9 minutes earlier.

How does Lewis County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lewis County	Missouri	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.2 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	9.0%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lewis County is 22.2 minutes, longer than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lewis County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lewis County, MO is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 9,924 residents against a local median of 6,675. The measure that sets Lewis County, MO apart most is one-way commute: 22.2 min, 45% above the local median of 15.3 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.0% against a local median of 7.6%, 18% above it. The counties themselves spread 7.8 min on one-way commute, so Lewis County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lewis County, MO has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lewis County, MO	9,924	22.2 min #6/6	9.0% #2/6	7:22 AM #1/6
Marion County, MO	28,457	13.8 min	7.3%	7:39 AM
Clark County, MO	6,675	21.5 min	8.9%	7:26 AM
Knox County, MO	3,756	16.2 min	22.4%	7:28 AM
Shelby County, MO	5,986	15.3 min	6.6%	7:35 AM
Adams County, IL	64,753	13.7 min	7.6%	7:31 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lewis County, Missouri.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,732 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Missouri commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lewis County, Missouri?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Lewis 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.

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).