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Commuting in McHenry 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 McHenry County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McHenry County spend about 58 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 241 hours, about 10.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 109% more time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 15.1 minutes.

McHenry County holds about 0.7% of North Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in McHenry County would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,987 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)
McHenry County 28.9 min 57.8 min 241 hrs/yr $7,469 112
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
  1. McIntosh County (6.9 min)
  2. Foster County (7.7 min)
  3. Pierce County (7.7 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in North Dakota
  1. McHenry County (28.9 min)
  2. Renville County (23.5 min)
  3. Oliver County (22.8 min)

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McHenry County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 28.9 minutes to get to work in McHenry County. That's 29% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slowest county 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 16.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McHenry County

  • Car: 77.5%
  • Worked at Home: 16.4%
  • Walked: 5.1%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • Motorcycle: 0.2%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Biking is unusually rare in McHenry County: 6.6 times less than the North Dakota average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in McHenry County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McHenry 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 Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 80.4% 12.5% 2.6% 2.6% 0.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 81.4% 11.4% 3.2% 2.2% 0.6% 0.9% 0.0% 0.3%
2011 83.6% 10.3% 2.7% 2.1% 0.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 84.0% 10.1% 3.5% 1.4% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 81.7% 10.4% 6.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 82.5% 9.6% 7.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 82.1% 9.6% 7.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 83.4% 7.6% 8.1% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 83.4% 7.0% 8.6% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 85.7% 6.3% 6.8% 1.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 86.7% 5.9% 6.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 81.9% 12.6% 4.3% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 81.0% 13.7% 4.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 80.0% 14.2% 4.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 79.3% 15.1% 4.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 77.5% 16.4% 5.1% 0.8% 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 peaked in 2019 at 86.7%. Overall it fell from 80.4% in 2009 to 77.5% in 2024, down 2.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in McHenry County: its share of workers rose from 12.5% in 2009 to 16.4% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 8.6% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 5.1%.

Commute Start Times in McHenry County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among North Dakota's 53 counties: the typical start is 8 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McHenry County?

The bars show when commuters in McHenry 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
5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
20.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in McHenry County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 20.9% across North Dakota. Early starts are more common than in North Dakota: 12.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in North Dakota: 54.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.5%) 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 McHenry 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 McHenry 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 McHenry 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 McHenry County North Dakota United States
2009 7:24 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:29 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:23 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:21 AM 7:40 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:21 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:24 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:23 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:25 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:26 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:34 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:32 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:32 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McHenry County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). That goes against the trend across North Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in McHenry County now leave 6 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in McHenry County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does McHenry County's commute time compare?

Metric McHenry County North Dakota US Average
Avg. Commute Time 28.9 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 16.4% 8.1% 15.0%
Walked 5.1% 3.2% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in McHenry County is 28.9 minutes, longer than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 5.1% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

McHenry County, ND Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

McHenry County, ND is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,207 residents against a local median of 6,378. Where McHenry County, ND breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 108% above the local median of 13.9 min at 28.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 16.4% against a local median of 8.2%, 99% above it. The counties themselves sit within 9.7 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and McHenry County, ND, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. McHenry County, ND has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
McHenry County, ND 5,207 28.9 min #6/6 16.4% #1/6 7:32 AM #2/6
Bottineau County, ND 6,378 13.1 min 5.0% 7:43 AM
Pierce County, ND 3,928 7.7 min 10.2% 7:44 AM
Sheridan County, ND 1,303 17.3 min 9.2% 7:51 AM
Ward County, ND 68,973 13.9 min 5.7% 7:34 AM
McLean County, ND 9,823 17.5 min 8.2% 7:28 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in McHenry County, North Dakota.

Is commuting expensive in McHenry County, North Dakota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 241 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,469 at a typical national wage. That's 109% more than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in McHenry County, North Dakota?

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

How common is public transit use in McHenry 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.

Is McHenry County, North Dakota a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 16.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in McHenry County would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,987 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Which counties in North Dakota have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).