Nelson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Nelson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Nelson County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 105 hours, about 4.4 full days, spent commuting.

That is 10% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.9 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

Nelson County holds about 0.4% 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 Nelson County would save about 42 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,299 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)
Nelson County	12.6 min	25.1 min	105 hrs/yr	$3,248	68
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 12.6 minutes to get to work in Nelson County. That's 44% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Walked . About 8.4% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 78.7%
• Walked: 10.6% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 8.4%
• Bicycle: 1.6% unusually high
• Other: 0.6%
• Public Transportation: 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walked commuting is unusually common in Nelson County: 3.3 times more than the North Dakota average (10.6% vs 3.2%).

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

Bicycle commuting is unusually common in Nelson County: 6.1 times more than the North Dakota average (1.6% vs 0.3%).

Nelson County stands out for active commuting: 12.1% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.6 times the North Dakota average of 3.4%.

How does Nelson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Nelson County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.6 min	13.9 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 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	8.4%	7.3%	13.4%
Walked	10.6%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.4%	3.5%

The average commute time in Nelson County is 12.6 minutes, shorter than the 13.9 minutes in North Dakota.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in North Dakota. 10.6% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau