Miller County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Miller County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Miller County spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 235 hours, about 9.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 34% more time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.2 minutes.

Miller County holds about 0.4% of Missouri's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Miller County would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,913 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)
Miller County	28.2 min	56.4 min	235 hrs/yr	$7,282	1,405
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.

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On average, it takes 28.2 minutes to get to work in Miller County. That's 26% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 91% of counties in Missouri

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Miller County

• Car: 90.9%
• Worked at Home: 6.1%
• Walked: 1.6%
• Other: 1.1%
• Taxi: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Miller County, versus 0.8% in Missouri.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Miller County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Miller 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Taxi
• Public Transportation
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.5%	5.0%	1.1%	4.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	88.2%	5.3%	1.6%	3.9%	0.0%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	88.0%	5.8%	1.5%	3.7%	0.0%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	88.9%	6.0%	1.6%	2.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	89.3%	6.2%	1.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	89.9%	5.8%	1.7%	2.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.9%	4.3%	1.3%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	92.0%	4.1%	2.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	92.7%	3.4%	2.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	92.6%	3.8%	2.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	94.3%	3.1%	1.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.6%	4.1%	1.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	91.4%	6.0%	1.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	91.1%	6.1%	1.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.6%	6.0%	0.9%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.9%	6.1%	1.6%	1.1%	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 2019 at 94.3% and lowest in 2011 at 88.0%. Overall it rose from 88.5% in 2009 to 90.9% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Miller County: its share of workers rose from 5.0% in 2009 to 6.1% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Miller County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Miller County?

The bars show when commuters in Miller 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 AM Miller County5.0% Missouri5.2%	5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Miller County4.6% Missouri3.9%	4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Miller County4.9% Missouri5.3%	4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Miller County12.9% Missouri9.0%	12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Miller County15.3% Missouri10.4%	15.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Miller County18.3% Missouri15.0%	18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Miller County11.3% Missouri13.6%	11.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Miller County7.1% Missouri10.1%	7.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Miller County3.1% Missouri4.5%	3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Miller County4.6% Missouri5.2%	4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Miller County3.1% Missouri2.6%	3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Miller County1.4% Missouri1.2%	1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Miller County4.0% Missouri7.0%	4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Miller County4.5% Missouri6.9%	4.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Miller County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.0% across Missouri. Early starts are about as common as in Missouri: 14.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Missouri: 52.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.6%) 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 Miller 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 Miller 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 Miller 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.

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• Missouri
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Miller County	Missouri	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:18 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:06 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:10 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:05 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:11 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:13 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:13 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Miller County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:22 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Miller County now leave 26 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Miller County's commute time compare?

Metric	Miller County	Missouri	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.2 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.1%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Miller County is 28.2 minutes, longer than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau