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Counties With the Shortest Commute in North Dakota (2026)

McIntosh has the lowest commute time of any county in North Dakota, at 11.3, followed by Pierce and Foster (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in North Dakota

Top 25 of 53 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in North Dakota
RankCountyValue
1McIntosh11.3
2Pierce11.3
3Foster12.9
4Ramsey13.9
5Stutsman14.1
6Wells14.6
7Logan14.9
8Adams15.2
9Dickey15.8
10Grand Forks15.8
11Hettinger16.1
12Benson16.1
13Sargent16.2
14Griggs16.3
15Towner16.5
16Rolette16.8
17Pembina17.0
18Cass17.1
19Stark17.5
20Burleigh17.5
21Bowman17.7
22Sioux17.8
23Walsh18.0
24Steele18.2
25Mercer18.6

How this ranking works

This page ranks North Dakota counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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