Commuting in Burleigh County, North Dakota: 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 Burleigh County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Burleigh County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 127 hours, about 5.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% more time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.
Burleigh County holds about 12.8% of North Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 14.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Burleigh County would save about 51 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,577 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)
Burleigh County
15.3 min
30.5 min
127 hrs/yr
$3,943
921
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.
On average, it takes
15.3
minutes to get to work in
Burleigh County.
That's 32% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 75% of counties in North Dakota
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 8.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Burleigh County
Car:
88.0%
Worked at Home:
8.8%
Walked:
2.0%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Burleigh County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Burleigh 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.2%
3.8%
2.5%
0.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
92.4%
3.8%
2.4%
0.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
92.6%
3.9%
2.0%
0.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
92.6%
4.1%
2.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
92.9%
4.0%
2.1%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.5%
4.2%
2.1%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
92.5%
4.1%
2.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
93.0%
4.0%
1.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
93.7%
3.7%
1.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
93.7%
3.5%
1.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
94.0%
3.1%
1.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
92.5%
4.9%
1.4%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
91.4%
5.8%
1.7%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
90.0%
6.7%
2.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
88.8%
8.1%
2.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
88.0%
8.8%
2.0%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 92.2% in 2009 to 88.0% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Burleigh County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 8.8% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 2.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Burleigh County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Burleigh County?
The bars show when commuters in Burleigh 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 AMBurleigh County3.9%North Dakota3.6%
3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBurleigh County2.4%North Dakota2.7%
2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBurleigh County3.6%North Dakota4.4%
3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBurleigh County5.6%North Dakota6.7%
5.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBurleigh County11.3%North Dakota11.2%
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBurleigh County15.8%North Dakota14.8%
15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBurleigh County23.8%North Dakota20.9%
23.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBurleigh County10.5%North Dakota11.0%
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBurleigh County4.5%North Dakota4.7%
4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBurleigh County4.1%North Dakota4.5%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBurleigh County1.7%North Dakota2.3%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBurleigh County0.6%North Dakota1.0%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBurleigh County6.9%North Dakota6.4%
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBurleigh County5.3%North Dakota5.9%
5.3%
Burleigh CountyNorth DakotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Burleigh County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 20.9% across North Dakota. Early starts are about as common as in North Dakota: 9.9% 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 5 commuters (18.7%) 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 Burleigh 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 Burleigh 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 Burleigh 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Burleigh County
North Dakota
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:44 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:41 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:39 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Burleigh County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Dakota, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Burleigh County now leave 1 minute 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 Burleigh County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Burleigh County's commute time compare?
Metric
Burleigh County
North Dakota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.3 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.8%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
3.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Burleigh County is 15.3 minutes, longer than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 2.0% commute by walking, lower than the 3.2% in North Dakota.
Burleigh County, ND Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Burleigh County, ND is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 100,591 residents against a local median of 2,377. Where Burleigh County, ND breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 17% below the local median of 10.6% at 8.8%.
The counties themselves spread 13.1% on work from home, so Burleigh County, ND sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Burleigh County, ND has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
Is commuting expensive in Burleigh County, North Dakota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 127 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,943 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Burleigh County, North Dakota?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Burleigh County, North Dakota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in North Dakota?
Among counties in North Dakota, the shortest average commutes are in McIntosh County (6.9 min), Foster County (7.7 min), Pierce County (7.7 min). The longest are in McHenry County (28.9 min), Renville County (23.5 min), Oliver County (22.8 min).