Shannon County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Shannon 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 Shannon County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Shannon County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 149 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Missouri average of 21.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.

Shannon County holds about 0.1% of Missouri's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Shannon County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,846 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)
Shannon County	17.9 min	35.7 min	149 hrs/yr	$4,615	152
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

Shannon County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.9 minutes to get to work in Shannon County. That's 20% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Shannon County

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Shannon County: 3.5 times less than the Missouri average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Shannon County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Shannon 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	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.4%	2.6%	3.6%	0.3%	0.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	91.5%	3.3%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	92.0%	3.8%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.2%	5.1%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	92.1%	4.5%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.5%	4.9%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.8%	4.9%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	90.4%	4.6%	2.0%	0.8%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.3%	4.5%	1.6%	0.8%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	86.3%	9.8%	1.1%	0.8%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	86.7%	10.0%	1.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	86.1%	10.3%	1.2%	1.3%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.7%	9.1%	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.2%	7.7%	1.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.8%	9.3%	0.7%	1.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.8%	7.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 92.1% and lowest in 2020 at 86.1%. Overall it fell from 91.4% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, down 0.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Shannon County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 5.3 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 0.6% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 10.3% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 7.9%.

Commute Start Times in Shannon County

Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Missouri's 115 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:53 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Shannon County?

The bars show when commuters in Shannon 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		8.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		14.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		16.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Shannon County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.0% across Missouri. Early starts are more common than in Missouri: 23.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Missouri: 46.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.5%) 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 Shannon 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 Shannon 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 Shannon 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	Shannon County	Missouri	United States
2009	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:12 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:08 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:15 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:09 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:53 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Shannon County were on the road by 6:53 AM, 17 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:10 AM). Across Missouri, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Shannon County now leave 45 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 Shannon County has moved 14 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Shannon County in the whole series.

How does Shannon County's commute time compare?

Metric	Shannon County	Missouri	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.9 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	7.9%	13.0%	15.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Shannon County is 17.9 minutes, shorter than the 21.0 minutes in Missouri.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.8% in Missouri. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Missouri.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Shannon County, MO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Shannon County, MO is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,177 residents against a local median of 8,673. Shannon County, MO sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 11% below the local median at 17.9 min against 20.2 min. Shannon County, MO has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Shannon County, MO	7,177	17.9 min #2/6	7.9% #3/6	6:53 AM #1/6
Dent County, MO	14,539	16.6 min	7.2%	7:16 AM
Oregon County, MO	8,673	18.3 min	9.5%	7:16 AM
Reynolds County, MO	6,010	21.9 min	6.7%	6:55 AM
Carter County, MO	5,297	22.9 min	11.4%	7:19 AM
Texas County, MO	25,161	20.2 min	6.5%	7:11 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Shannon County, Missouri.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Shannon County, Missouri?

Commuters here spend an estimated 149 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,615 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Missouri commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Shannon County, Missouri?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Shannon County, Missouri. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Shannon 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.

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).