Golden Valley County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Golden Valley County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Golden Valley County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 141 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting.

That is 22% more time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.9 minutes each way, a difference of 3.0 minutes.

Golden Valley County holds about 0.2% of North Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Golden Valley County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,746 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)
Golden Valley County	16.9 min	33.8 min	141 hrs/yr	$4,366	131
North Dakota	13.9 min	27.8 min	116 hrs/yr	$3,592	360
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 16.9 minutes to get to work in Golden Valley County. That's 25% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 85% 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 .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Walked . About 0.3% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 89.7%
• Walked: 6.1%
• Other: 3.9%
• Worked at Home: 0.3% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Golden Valley County, versus 0.2% in North Dakota.

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Golden Valley County, versus 0.1% in North Dakota.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Golden Valley County, versus 0.3% in North Dakota.

Worked at Home commuting is unusually low in Golden Valley County: 28.3 times less than the North Dakota average (0.3% vs 7.3%).

How does Golden Valley County's commute time compare?

Metric	Golden Valley County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.9 min	13.9 min	22.5 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	0.3%	7.3%	13.4%
Walked	6.1%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.4%	3.5%

The average commute time in Golden Valley County is 16.9 minutes, longer than the 13.9 minutes in North Dakota.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in North Dakota. 6.1% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau