Grant County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Grant County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Grant County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 87 hours, about 3.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.3 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Grant County would save about 35 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,084 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)
Grant County	10.5 min	21.0 min	87 hrs/yr	$2,710	63
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

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On average, it takes 10.5 minutes to get to work in Grant County. That's 53% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 77% of counties in North Dakota

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Grant County

• Car: 71.8%
• Worked at Home: 16.4%
• Walked: 8.3%
• Other: 3.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.3% in North Dakota.

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

Biking is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.3% in North Dakota.

Commute Mode Trends in Grant County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Grant 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.

• Car
• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	63.0%	23.1%	12.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	67.3%	23.0%	8.1%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	69.8%	20.8%	7.6%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2012	72.0%	20.4%	6.0%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	72.4%	19.5%	6.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2014	69.8%	21.9%	6.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2015	66.2%	25.0%	6.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2016	66.2%	25.2%	7.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	66.8%	23.8%	7.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	68.4%	23.4%	7.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	72.2%	18.1%	9.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	75.5%	12.5%	11.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	75.9%	12.9%	9.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	75.7%	14.8%	8.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	72.6%	17.5%	8.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	71.8%	16.4%	8.3%	3.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2021 at 75.9%. Overall it rose from 63.0% in 2009 to 71.8% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 23.1% to 16.4% of workers (down 6.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Grant County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grant County?

The bars show when commuters in Grant 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 Grant County6.3% North Dakota3.6%	6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Grant County1.5% North Dakota2.7%	1.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Grant County10.1% North Dakota4.4%	10.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Grant County8.2% North Dakota6.7%	8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Grant County9.2% North Dakota11.2%	9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Grant County25.5% North Dakota14.8%	25.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Grant County13.4% North Dakota20.9%	13.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Grant County13.0% North Dakota11.0%	13.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Grant County4.1% North Dakota4.7%	4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Grant County0.9% North Dakota4.5%	0.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Grant County0.7% North Dakota2.3%	0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Grant County0.5% North Dakota1.0%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Grant County2.6% North Dakota6.4%	2.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Grant County3.9% North Dakota5.9%	3.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Grant County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 25.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across North Dakota. Early starts are more common than in North Dakota: 18.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 61.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 12 commuters (8.6%) 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant 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.

• Grant County
• North Dakota
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Grant County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:21 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:20 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:20 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:22 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:17 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:16 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:19 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:19 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:17 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Grant County were on the road by 7:17 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across North Dakota, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Grant County now leave 21 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Grant County's commute time compare?

Metric	Grant County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	10.5 min	13.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 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	16.4%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	8.3%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Grant County is 10.5 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 8.3% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau