Scotland County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Scotland County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Scotland County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 109 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 38% less time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.9 minutes.

Scotland County holds about 0.1% of Missouri's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Scotland County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,346 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)
Scotland County	13.0 min	26.1 min	109 hrs/yr	$3,365	147
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 13.0 minutes to get to work in Scotland County. That's 42% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Missouri

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 11.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Scotland County

• Car: 84.7%
• Worked at Home: 11.3%
• Walked: 2.7%
• Other: 1.3%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Scotland County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Scotland 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.

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

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	82.7%	14.3%	2.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	81.7%	14.3%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%
2011	83.0%	11.7%	3.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%
2012	82.3%	12.7%	2.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.6%
2013	80.3%	13.7%	3.1%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.2%
2014	81.5%	13.0%	1.9%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.5%
2015	80.8%	14.3%	1.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2016	79.4%	17.3%	1.1%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	82.4%	14.1%	0.8%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	81.4%	16.2%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	79.2%	18.5%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	82.0%	13.9%	3.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	84.5%	12.4%	1.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	89.0%	8.3%	1.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2023	87.6%	9.4%	1.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	84.7%	11.3%	2.7%	1.3%	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 2022 at 89.0% and lowest in 2019 at 79.2%. Overall it rose from 82.7% in 2009 to 84.7% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 14.3% to 11.3% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Biking peaked at 1.4% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Scotland County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Missouri's 115 counties: 65.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Scotland County?

The bars show when commuters in Scotland 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 Scotland County5.0% Missouri5.2%	5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Scotland County4.5% Missouri3.9%	4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Scotland County1.2% Missouri5.3%	1.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Scotland County9.8% Missouri9.0%	9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Scotland County15.2% Missouri10.4%	15.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Scotland County19.4% Missouri15.0%	19.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Scotland County20.6% Missouri13.6%	20.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Scotland County9.9% Missouri10.1%	9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Scotland County4.1% Missouri4.5%	4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Scotland County1.6% Missouri5.2%	1.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Scotland County1.0% Missouri2.6%	1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Scotland County0.2% Missouri1.2%	0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Scotland County4.8% Missouri7.0%	4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Scotland County2.6% Missouri6.9%	2.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Scotland County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.6% across Missouri. Early starts are less common than in Missouri: 10.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Missouri: 65.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 10 commuters (10.2%) 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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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.

• Scotland County
• Missouri
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Scotland County	Missouri	United States
2009	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:21 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:18 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:37 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:37 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Scotland County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Scotland 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 Scotland County has moved 11 minutes earlier.

How does Scotland County's commute time compare?

Metric	Scotland County	Missouri	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.0 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	11.3%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Scotland County is 13.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau