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Commuting in Slope 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 Slope County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Slope County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 111 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the North Dakota average of 13.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Slope County holds about 0.1% of North Dakota's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Slope County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,374 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)
Slope County 13.3 min 26.6 min 111 hrs/yr $3,435 111
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

Fastest commutes among counties in North Dakota
  1. McIntosh County (6.9 min)
  2. Foster County (7.7 min)
  3. Pierce County (7.7 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in North Dakota
  1. McHenry County (28.9 min)
  2. Renville County (23.5 min)
  3. Oliver County (22.8 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Slope County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 13.3 minutes to get to work in Slope County. That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 9.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Slope County

  • Car: 70.5%
  • Walked: 20.2% unusually high
  • Worked at Home: 9.3%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Other: < 0.1%

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

Walking is unusually common in Slope County: 6.3 times more than the North Dakota average (20.3% vs 3.2%).

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

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

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

Slope County stands out for active commuting: 20.3% of workers walk or bike to work, 5.8 times the North Dakota average of 3.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in Slope County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Slope 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 Walked Worked at Home Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other
2009 58.5% 8.8% 31.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2010 52.8% 9.0% 38.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 61.8% 8.5% 29.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 66.8% 14.7% 18.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 65.7% 14.1% 18.9% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2014 67.5% 11.3% 19.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2015 69.1% 10.5% 18.6% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2016 65.3% 9.7% 22.5% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2017 71.1% 5.6% 20.7% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2018 66.1% 7.2% 25.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2019 65.5% 5.7% 27.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2020 58.4% 13.2% 27.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2021 61.7% 18.9% 18.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
2022 58.7% 19.2% 21.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
2023 66.6% 20.4% 11.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
2024 70.5% 20.3% 9.3% 0.0% 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 2017 at 71.1% and lowest in 2010 at 52.8%. Overall it rose from 58.5% in 2009 to 70.5% in 2024, up 12.0 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Slope County: its share of workers rose from 8.8% in 2009 to 20.3% in 2024, up 11.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 31.7% to 9.3% of workers (down 22.4 percentage points).

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 1.6% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Slope County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among North Dakota's 53 counties: 74.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among North Dakota's 53 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:06 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among North Dakota's 53 counties: the typical start is 18 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Slope County?

The bars show when commuters in Slope 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
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
0.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
31.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
23.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Slope County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 31.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across North Dakota. Early starts are less common than in North Dakota: 8.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in North Dakota: 74.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.9% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.1%) 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 Slope 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 Slope 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 Slope 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 Slope County North Dakota United States
2009 7:24 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:28 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:17 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:38 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:27 AM 7:40 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:14 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:08 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:14 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:02 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:05 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:11 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:04 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:58 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:02 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:06 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:06 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Slope County were on the road by 7:06 AM, 18 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across North Dakota, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Slope County now leave 32 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 Slope County has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Slope County's commute time compare?

Metric Slope County North Dakota US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.3 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.3% 8.1% 15.0%
Walked 20.2% 3.2% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Slope County is 13.3 minutes, shorter than the 13.8 minutes in North Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in North Dakota. 20.3% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Slope County, ND Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Slope County, ND is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 766 residents against a local median of 1,653. Where Slope County, ND breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 22% above the local median of 7.6% at 9.3%.

The counties themselves spread 15.9% on work from home, so Slope County, ND sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Slope County, ND has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Slope County, ND 766 13.3 min #4/6 9.3% #2/6 7:06 AM #1/6
Bowman County, ND 2,906 8.3 min 9.0% 7:25 AM
Billings County, ND 1,023 21.2 min 7.6% 7:11 AM
Golden Valley County, ND 1,653 13.6 min 0.5% 7:41 AM
Harding County, SD 1,148 11.5 min 16.4% 7:07 AM
Stark County, ND 33,302 12.7 min 7.1% 7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Slope County, North Dakota.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Slope County, North Dakota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 111 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,435 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical North Dakota commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Slope County, North Dakota?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Slope County, North Dakota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Slope 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).