Sioux County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Sioux County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Sioux County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 99 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.9 minutes.

Sioux County holds about 0.5% of North Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Sioux County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,233 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)
Sioux County	11.9 min	23.9 min	99 hrs/yr	$3,083	107
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 11.9 minutes to get to work in Sioux County. That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 71% of counties 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 walking. About 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Sioux County

• Car: 81.0%
• Walked: 9.0%
• Worked at Home: 7.9%
• Public Transportation: 1.4% unusually high
• Other: 0.7%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually common in Sioux County: 4.1 times more than the North Dakota average (1.4% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Sioux County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Sioux 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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• Walked
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• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	76.7%	10.4%	9.6%	1.1%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2010	76.8%	8.6%	9.2%	1.0%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	77.5%	6.7%	11.6%	0.7%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	78.4%	9.0%	10.4%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	80.7%	6.4%	10.8%	0.2%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	81.2%	5.8%	10.8%	0.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	81.1%	5.5%	12.0%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	83.3%	5.2%	9.2%	0.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	84.0%	5.5%	8.5%	0.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	82.6%	7.3%	7.9%	0.4%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	83.0%	8.0%	6.7%	0.6%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	85.6%	7.3%	5.6%	0.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	86.4%	8.1%	4.6%	0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	85.5%	7.0%	6.6%	0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.4%	5.5%	9.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.0%	9.0%	7.9%	1.4%	0.7%	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 2021 at 86.4%. Overall it rose from 76.7% in 2009 to 81.0% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 9.6% to 7.9% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Sioux County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sioux County?

The bars show when commuters in Sioux 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 Sioux County0.9% North Dakota3.6%	0.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Sioux County0.3% North Dakota2.7%	0.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Sioux County1.8% North Dakota4.4%	1.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Sioux County6.4% North Dakota6.7%	6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Sioux County7.1% North Dakota11.2%	7.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Sioux County19.8% North Dakota14.8%	19.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Sioux County35.5% North Dakota20.9%	35.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Sioux County5.5% North Dakota11.0%	5.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Sioux County3.9% North Dakota4.7%	3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Sioux County3.2% North Dakota4.5%	3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Sioux County1.0% North Dakota2.3%	1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Sioux County0.0% North Dakota1.0%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Sioux County9.6% North Dakota6.4%	9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Sioux County5.1% North Dakota5.9%	5.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Sioux County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 35.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 20.9% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 3.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 67.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.8%) 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 Sioux 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 Sioux 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 Sioux 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	Sioux County	North Dakota	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:49 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:46 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:47 AM	7:40 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:45 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:43 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:44 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:38 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Sioux County were on the road by 7:42 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). North Dakota followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sioux County now leave 4 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Sioux County's commute time compare?

Metric	Sioux County	North Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.9 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	7.9%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	9.0%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.4%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Sioux County is 11.9 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

1.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 9.0% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau