Commuting in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Sheridan County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 144 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% more time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.
Sheridan County holds about 0.2% of North Dakota's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Sheridan County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,783 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)
Sheridan County
17.3 min
34.5 min
144 hrs/yr
$4,458
133
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.
On average, it takes
17.3
minutes to get to work in
Sheridan County.
That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 87% of counties in North Dakota
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Sheridan County
Car:
81.9%
Worked at Home:
9.2%
Walked:
8.8%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Sheridan County, versus 0.2% in North Dakota.
Public transit is essentially absent in Sheridan County, versus 0.3% in North Dakota.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Sheridan County, versus 0.1% in North Dakota.
Commute Mode Trends in Sheridan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Sheridan 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Other
2009
69.5%
21.0%
8.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2010
66.7%
24.2%
7.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
2011
65.4%
23.9%
9.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2012
68.6%
22.1%
8.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2013
68.6%
21.8%
8.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2014
71.3%
19.2%
8.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2015
71.1%
21.1%
7.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
77.2%
14.0%
8.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
77.8%
14.5%
6.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
81.1%
13.4%
4.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2019
78.5%
13.7%
5.2%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2020
79.6%
11.6%
5.5%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2021
78.7%
10.9%
9.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2022
82.2%
7.2%
9.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2023
81.8%
8.8%
9.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
81.9%
9.2%
8.8%
0.2%
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 2022 at 82.2% and lowest in 2011 at 65.4%. Overall it rose from 69.5% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, up 12.4 percentage points.
Walking gained the most ground in Sheridan County: its share of workers rose from 8.1% in 2009 to 8.8% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 21.0% to 9.2% of workers (down 11.8 percentage points).
Biking peaked at 2.3% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.
Commute Start Times in Sheridan County
🦉Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among North Dakota's 53 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:51 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sheridan County?
The bars show when commuters in Sheridan 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 AMSheridan County5.4%North Dakota3.6%
5.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSheridan County1.9%North Dakota2.7%
1.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSheridan County1.9%North Dakota4.4%
1.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSheridan County7.1%North Dakota6.7%
7.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSheridan County4.1%North Dakota11.2%
4.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSheridan County15.9%North Dakota14.8%
15.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSheridan County19.3%North Dakota20.9%
19.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSheridan County26.6%North Dakota11.0%
26.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSheridan County4.6%North Dakota4.7%
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSheridan County3.2%North Dakota4.5%
3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSheridan County1.2%North Dakota2.3%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSheridan County0.3%North Dakota1.0%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSheridan County4.4%North Dakota6.4%
4.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSheridan County4.2%North Dakota5.9%
4.2%
Sheridan CountyNorth DakotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Sheridan County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 26.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.0% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 9.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 65.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.4%) 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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
Sheridan County
North Dakota
United States
2009
7:47 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:45 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:47 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:40 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:48 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:51 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Sheridan County were on the road by 7:51 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:47 AM). That goes against the trend across North Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Sheridan County now leave 14 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 Sheridan County has moved 20 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Sheridan County in the whole series.
How does Sheridan County's commute time compare?
Metric
Sheridan County
North Dakota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.3 min
13.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 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
9.2%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
8.8%
3.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Sheridan County is 17.3 minutes, longer than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 8.8% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.
Sheridan County, ND Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Sheridan County, ND is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,303 residents against a local median of 3,928. Where Sheridan County, ND breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 40% above the local median of 12.3 min at 17.3 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 21.2 min on one-way commute, so Sheridan County, ND sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sheridan County, ND has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Sheridan County, North Dakota.
Is commuting expensive in Sheridan County, North Dakota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 144 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,458 at a typical national wage. That's 25% more than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Sheridan County, North Dakota?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Sheridan County, North Dakota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Sheridan 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 do commute times compare across 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).