Renville County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Renville County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Renville County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 70% more time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 9.7 minutes.

Renville County holds about 0.3% of North Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Renville County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,431 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)
Renville County	23.5 min	47.1 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,078	145
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 23.5 minutes to get to work in Renville County. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in North Dakota

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Renville County

• Car: 89.8%
• Worked at Home: 5.8%
• Walked: 3.1%
• Other: 1.3%
• 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 Renville County, versus 0.2% in North Dakota.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Renville County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Renville 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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• 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	85.5%	6.8%	6.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	84.6%	7.0%	7.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	85.2%	7.8%	6.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	84.6%	9.7%	5.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	84.5%	9.6%	5.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	84.6%	9.3%	5.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	84.0%	11.7%	4.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	85.2%	9.4%	4.5%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	87.3%	9.2%	3.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	86.4%	9.6%	3.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	88.1%	8.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.9%	6.9%	3.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	91.9%	6.1%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	91.5%	5.8%	1.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.6%	6.0%	1.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.8%	5.8%	3.1%	1.3%	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 was highest in 2021 at 91.9% and lowest in 2015 at 84.0%. Overall it rose from 85.5% in 2009 to 89.8% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.7% to 3.1% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 11.7% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 5.8%.

Commute Start Times in Renville County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Renville County?

The bars show when commuters in Renville 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 Renville County4.2% North Dakota3.6%	4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Renville County3.2% North Dakota2.7%	3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Renville County4.6% North Dakota4.4%	4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Renville County6.0% North Dakota6.7%	6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Renville County18.5% North Dakota11.2%	18.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Renville County12.6% North Dakota14.8%	12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Renville County17.5% North Dakota20.9%	17.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Renville County16.0% North Dakota11.0%	16.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Renville County4.4% North Dakota4.7%	4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Renville County3.1% North Dakota4.5%	3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Renville County3.6% North Dakota2.3%	3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Renville County0.4% North Dakota1.0%	0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Renville County1.7% North Dakota6.4%	1.7%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Renville County4.1% North Dakota5.9%	4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Renville County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 18.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across North Dakota. Early starts are more common than in North Dakota: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 64.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.9%) 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 Renville 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 Renville 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 Renville 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.

• Renville County
• North Dakota
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Renville County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:32 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:31 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Renville County were on the road by 7:31 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 Renville 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 Renville County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Renville County's commute time compare?

Metric	Renville County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 min	13.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 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	5.8%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Renville County is 23.5 minutes, longer than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 3.1% commute by walking, lower than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau