Eddy County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Eddy 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 Eddy County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Eddy 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 102 hours, about 4.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.

Eddy County holds about 0.3% of North Dakota's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Eddy County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,259 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)
Eddy County	12.2 min	24.4 min	102 hrs/yr	$3,147	189
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.

Commute Time Map: North Dakota Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in North Dakota

McIntosh County (6.9 min)
Foster County (7.7 min)
Pierce County (7.7 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in North Dakota

McHenry County (28.9 min)
Renville County (23.5 min)
Oliver County (22.8 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Eddy County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.2 minutes to get to work in Eddy County. That's 46% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 5.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Eddy County

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

Public transit is unusually common in Eddy County: 3.9 times more than the North Dakota average (1.3% vs 0.3%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Eddy County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Eddy 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	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	78.4%	5.4%	13.9%	1.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	81.3%	5.3%	12.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	81.7%	5.6%	11.3%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	80.1%	5.2%	12.9%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	81.8%	5.7%	11.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	80.1%	7.0%	11.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	83.0%	5.4%	9.2%	2.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	81.8%	6.7%	8.2%	3.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	79.2%	9.1%	8.1%	3.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	78.6%	13.0%	7.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	79.3%	11.6%	7.1%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	78.2%	13.6%	6.5%	1.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	78.2%	13.3%	5.7%	2.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	80.4%	10.7%	6.2%	2.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	82.3%	7.2%	7.9%	1.3%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.9%	8.9%	5.5%	1.8%	1.3%	0.6%	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 2015 at 83.0% and lowest in 2020 at 78.2%. Overall it rose from 78.4% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points.

Walking gained the most ground in Eddy County: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 8.9% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 13.9% to 5.5% of workers (down 8.4 percentage points).

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 13.6% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 8.9%.

Commute Start Times in Eddy County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Eddy County?

The bars show when commuters in Eddy 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		2.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		21.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		21.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Eddy County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 21.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.0% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 8.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 70.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 9 commuters (11.6%) 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 Eddy 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 Eddy 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 Eddy 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	Eddy County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:41 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:36 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:32 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Eddy County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). That goes against the trend across North Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Eddy 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 Eddy County has moved 17 minutes later.

How does Eddy County's commute time compare?

Metric	Eddy County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.2 min	13.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.5%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	8.9%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.3%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Eddy County is 12.2 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

1.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 8.9% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Eddy County, ND Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Eddy County, ND is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,307 residents against a local median of 3,358. Where Eddy County, ND breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 19% below the local median of 6.9% at 5.5%.

The counties themselves spread 3.5% on work from home, so Eddy County, ND sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Eddy County, ND has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Eddy County, ND	2,307	12.2 min #4/6	5.5% #4/6	7:39 AM #3/6
Foster County, ND	3,358	7.7 min	7.7%	7:37 AM
Ramsey County, ND	11,556	10.4 min	4.9%	7:44 AM
Benson County, ND	5,808	13.1 min	4.7%	7:46 AM
Griggs County, ND	2,245	12.5 min	6.9%	7:40 AM
Nelson County, ND	3,016	12.0 min	8.1%	7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Eddy County, North Dakota.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Eddy County, North Dakota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 102 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,147 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Eddy County, North Dakota?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Eddy County, North Dakota. 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.

Do people use public transit in Eddy County, North Dakota?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 1.3% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in North Dakota, making it a realistic option for many workers.

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).