McIntosh County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in McIntosh County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McIntosh County spend about 14 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 57 hours, about 2.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 50% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.

McIntosh 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 McIntosh County would save about 23 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $711 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)
McIntosh County	6.9 min	13.8 min	57 hrs/yr	$1,778	82
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.

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On average, it takes 6.9 minutes to get to work in McIntosh County. That's 69% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McIntosh County

• Car: 74.5%
• Worked at Home: 11.6%
• Walked: 11.1% unusually high
• Other: 2.2%
• Bicycle: 0.6%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually common in McIntosh County: 3.4 times more than the North Dakota average (11.1% vs 3.2%).

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

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

McIntosh County stands out for active commuting: 11.7% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.3 times the North Dakota average of 3.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in McIntosh County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McIntosh 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	70.8%	12.3%	14.9%	0.5%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	69.1%	13.2%	15.7%	0.4%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	68.6%	15.9%	13.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2012	70.5%	16.0%	12.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2013	69.3%	14.8%	15.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	71.8%	12.0%	15.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	71.3%	10.4%	17.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	73.7%	8.0%	17.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	75.1%	8.8%	13.4%	1.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2018	78.9%	8.9%	9.7%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	81.5%	8.5%	8.1%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	80.1%	10.4%	7.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2021	80.7%	9.8%	7.1%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	80.8%	10.7%	7.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	80.1%	8.0%	9.6%	1.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	74.5%	11.6%	11.1%	2.2%	0.6%	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 2019 at 81.5% and lowest in 2011 at 68.6%. Overall it rose from 70.8% in 2009 to 74.5% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 14.9% to 11.1% of workers (down 3.8 percentage points).

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

Working from home peaked at 16.0% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 11.6%.

Commute Start Times in McIntosh County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McIntosh County?

The bars show when commuters in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County0.0% North Dakota3.6%	0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM McIntosh County3.7% North Dakota2.7%	3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM McIntosh County4.1% North Dakota4.4%	4.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM McIntosh County7.5% North Dakota6.7%	7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM McIntosh County7.3% North Dakota11.2%	7.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM McIntosh County15.5% North Dakota14.8%	15.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM McIntosh County25.2% North Dakota20.9%	25.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM McIntosh County16.6% North Dakota11.0%	16.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM McIntosh County5.3% North Dakota4.7%	5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM McIntosh County7.1% North Dakota4.5%	7.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM McIntosh County0.9% North Dakota2.3%	0.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM McIntosh County1.9% North Dakota1.0%	1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM McIntosh County2.7% North Dakota6.4%	2.7%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM McIntosh County2.2% North Dakota5.9%	2.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in McIntosh County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 25.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 20.9% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 7.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 64.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.8%) 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 McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	McIntosh County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:42 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:45 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:30 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McIntosh County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across North Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in McIntosh County now leave 6 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 McIntosh County has moved 20 minutes later.

How does McIntosh County's commute time compare?

Metric	McIntosh County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	6.9 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.6%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	11.1%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in McIntosh County is 6.9 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 11.1% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau