Bottineau County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Bottineau County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bottineau 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 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.

Bottineau County holds about 0.8% of North Dakota's population and accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bottineau County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,357 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)
Bottineau County	13.1 min	26.3 min	109 hrs/yr	$3,392	185
North Dakota	13.8 min	27.6 min	115 hrs/yr	$3,567	360
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 13.1 minutes to get to work in Bottineau County. That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 5.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bottineau County

• Car: 87.1%
• Walked: 6.2%
• Worked at Home: 5.0%
• Other: 1.5%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Bottineau County, versus 0.2% in North Dakota.

Public transit is unusually rare in Bottineau County: 4.9 times less than the North Dakota average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bottineau County, versus 0.1% in North Dakota.

Biking is unusually rare in Bottineau County: 3.8 times less than the North Dakota average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Bottineau County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bottineau 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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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	84.7%	6.2%	7.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	82.3%	6.6%	9.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	84.1%	4.9%	9.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	82.7%	4.1%	11.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	85.1%	4.1%	10.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	83.9%	4.3%	11.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	86.6%	4.6%	7.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	85.3%	5.2%	8.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	85.2%	6.3%	7.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	85.6%	5.8%	7.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	84.0%	7.7%	6.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	83.1%	6.8%	8.7%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	84.3%	6.8%	6.6%	2.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.4%	7.3%	5.5%	2.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.5%	7.8%	5.2%	2.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.1%	6.2%	5.0%	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2010 at 82.3%. Overall it rose from 84.7% in 2009 to 87.1% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 7.5% to 5.0% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 7.8% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 6.2%.

Commute Start Times in Bottineau County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bottineau County?

The bars show when commuters in Bottineau 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 North Dakota for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Bottineau County2.1% North Dakota3.6%	2.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Bottineau County1.5% North Dakota2.7%	1.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Bottineau County4.6% North Dakota4.4%	4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Bottineau County7.6% North Dakota6.7%	7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Bottineau County12.6% North Dakota11.2%	12.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Bottineau County12.8% North Dakota14.8%	12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Bottineau County20.6% North Dakota20.9%	20.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Bottineau County15.3% North Dakota11.0%	15.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Bottineau County5.9% North Dakota4.7%	5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Bottineau County6.4% North Dakota4.5%	6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Bottineau County2.4% North Dakota2.3%	2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Bottineau County0.9% North Dakota1.0%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Bottineau County5.4% North Dakota6.4%	5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Bottineau County1.9% North Dakota5.9%	1.9%

Bottineau County North Dakota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bottineau County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 20.9% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 8.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 61.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.0%) 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 Bottineau 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 Bottineau 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 Bottineau County next to North Dakota 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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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Bottineau County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:34 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:33 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:50 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:48 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:49 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:43 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bottineau County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). North Dakota followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Bottineau County now leave 5 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bottineau County has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Bottineau County's commute time compare?

Metric	Bottineau County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.1 min	13.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.0%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	6.2%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bottineau County is 13.1 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 6.2% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau