Logan County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Q: Is living in Logan County, North Dakota good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 67 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,081 at a typical national wage. That's 42% less than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.

Q: When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Logan County, North Dakota?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Logan 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.

Q: Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Logan County, North Dakota?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in North Dakota, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Q: How much time do residents in Logan County, North Dakota save by working from home?

About 14.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Logan County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $833 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Q: 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).

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Commute Time Burden in Logan County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Logan County spend about 16 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 67 hours, about 2.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.7 minutes.

Logan County holds about 0.2% of North Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Logan County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $833 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)
Logan County	8.1 min	16.1 min	67 hrs/yr	$2,081	74
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

Logan County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 8.1 minutes to get to work in Logan County. That's 64% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest 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 14.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Logan County

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Logan County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Logan 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	Motorcycle	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	64.1%	17.4%	17.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%
2010	64.8%	20.3%	12.6%	0.0%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	1.5%
2011	64.0%	21.0%	13.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2012	71.4%	16.7%	10.9%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	70.6%	16.4%	11.4%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2014	73.7%	15.4%	9.7%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	71.4%	15.1%	12.8%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	76.3%	10.9%	11.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	66.7%	16.7%	15.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	68.9%	18.1%	12.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	71.6%	15.4%	11.4%	0.0%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	75.4%	15.4%	7.9%	0.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	70.1%	18.8%	9.2%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	73.8%	16.0%	8.5%	0.4%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	79.0%	14.4%	5.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	77.8%	14.4%	7.2%	0.4%	0.2%	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 was highest in 2023 at 79.0% and lowest in 2011 at 64.0%. Overall it rose from 64.1% in 2009 to 77.8% in 2024, up 13.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 17.0% to 7.2% of workers (down 9.8 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 21.0% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 14.4%.

Commute Start Times in Logan County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Logan County?

The bars show when commuters in Logan 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		1.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		1.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		27.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Logan County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 27.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 20.9% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 6.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 65.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.2%) 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 Logan 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 Logan 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 Logan 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	Logan County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:41 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:38 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:49 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:46 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Logan County were on the road by 7:46 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 Logan County now leave 8 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 Logan County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Logan County's commute time compare?

Metric	Logan County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.1 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	14.4%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Logan County is 8.1 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 7.2% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Logan County, ND Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Logan County, ND is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,819 residents against a local median of 2,496. Where Logan County, ND breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 29% below the local median of 11.4 min at 8.1 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 14.4% against a local median of 11.6%, 24% above it. The counties themselves spread 5.4 min on one-way commute, so Logan County, ND sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Logan County, ND has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Logan County, ND	1,819	8.1 min #2/6	14.4% #3/6	7:46 AM #4/6
McIntosh County, ND	2,496	6.9 min	11.6%	7:44 AM
Kidder County, ND	2,377	12.3 min	22.1%	7:48 AM
Stutsman County, ND	21,549	11.4 min	6.7%	7:46 AM
McPherson County, SD	2,145	10.8 min	11.6%	7:40 AM
Emmons County, ND	3,254	12.2 min	15.1%	7:44 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Logan County, North Dakota.

Is living in Logan County, North Dakota good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 67 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,081 at a typical national wage. That's 42% less than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Logan County, North Dakota?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Logan 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Logan County, North Dakota?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in North Dakota, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much time do residents in Logan County, North Dakota save by working from home?

About 14.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Logan County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $833 at the same national wage assumption used above.

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).