Commuting in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Nodaway County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 101 hours, about 4.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% less time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.
Nodaway County holds about 0.3% of Missouri's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Nodaway County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,255 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)
Nodaway County
12.1 min
24.3 min
101 hrs/yr
$3,137
381
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
12.1
minutes to get to work in
Nodaway County.
That's 46% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest 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 6.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Nodaway County
Car:
90.3%
Worked at Home:
6.7%
Walked:
2.4%
Other:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Nodaway County, versus 0.1% in Missouri.
Public transit is unusually rare in Nodaway County: 41.8 times less than the Missouri average (0.0% vs 0.8%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Nodaway County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.
Biking is essentially absent in Nodaway County, versus 0.2% in Missouri.
Commute Mode Trends in Nodaway County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Nodaway 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
87.3%
5.9%
6.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
87.8%
4.7%
6.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
2011
85.8%
5.2%
8.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
2012
86.7%
5.1%
6.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.6%
2013
87.4%
4.2%
7.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
2014
87.8%
3.2%
7.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.8%
2015
87.1%
3.9%
7.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
0.6%
2016
88.6%
3.4%
5.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.9%
2017
89.1%
3.3%
6.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2018
89.2%
4.7%
4.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2019
90.1%
4.3%
4.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2020
89.0%
5.0%
4.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2021
91.8%
4.9%
2.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
91.8%
5.5%
2.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
92.1%
5.5%
1.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.3%
6.7%
2.4%
0.6%
0.0%
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 2023 at 92.1% and lowest in 2011 at 85.8%. Overall it rose from 87.3% in 2009 to 90.3% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Nodaway County: its share of workers rose from 5.9% in 2009 to 6.7% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.3% to 2.4% of workers (down 3.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Biking peaked at 1.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Nodaway County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Nodaway County?
The bars show when commuters in Nodaway 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 AMNodaway County2.6%Missouri5.2%
2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNodaway County3.4%Missouri3.9%
3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNodaway County5.3%Missouri5.3%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNodaway County11.8%Missouri9.0%
11.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNodaway County8.4%Missouri10.4%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNodaway County15.3%Missouri15.0%
15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNodaway County15.2%Missouri13.6%
15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNodaway County9.3%Missouri10.1%
9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNodaway County2.0%Missouri4.5%
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNodaway County4.3%Missouri5.2%
4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNodaway County1.6%Missouri2.6%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNodaway County1.9%Missouri1.2%
1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNodaway County10.1%Missouri7.0%
10.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNodaway County8.6%Missouri6.9%
8.6%
Nodaway CountyMissouriSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Nodaway County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.0% across Missouri. Early starts are less common than in Missouri: 11.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Missouri's: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 Nodaway 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 Nodaway 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 Nodaway 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
Nodaway County
Missouri
United States
2009
7:48 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:48 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:46 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:45 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:47 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:49 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:49 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:50 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:49 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:49 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:49 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:47 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Nodaway County were on the road by 7:36 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:48 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Nodaway County now leave 2 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 Nodaway County has moved 12 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Nodaway County in the whole series.
How does Nodaway County's commute time compare?
Metric
Nodaway County
Missouri
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.1 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
6.7%
13.0%
15.0%
Walked
2.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Nodaway County is 12.1 minutes, shorter than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 2.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Missouri.
Nodaway County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Nodaway County, MO is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,774 residents against a local median of 5,868. Nodaway County, MO's one-way commute, at 12.1 min, runs 34% below the 18.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 8.4 min on one-way commute, so Nodaway County, MO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Nodaway County, MO has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Nodaway County, Missouri.
Is living in Nodaway County, Missouri good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 101 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,137 at a typical national wage. That's 42% less than the typical Missouri commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Nodaway County, Missouri?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Nodaway 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Nodaway County, Missouri?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).