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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 min, followed by Pierce and Foster. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 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 min
2Pierce11.3 min
3Foster12.9 min
4Ramsey13.9 min
5Stutsman14.1 min
6Wells14.6 min
7Logan14.9 min
8Adams15.2 min
9Dickey15.8 min
10Grand Forks15.8 min
11Hettinger16.1 min
12Benson16.1 min
13Sargent16.2 min
14Griggs16.3 min
15Towner16.5 min
16Rolette16.8 min
17Pembina17.0 min
18Cass17.1 min
19Stark17.5 min
20Burleigh17.5 min
21Bowman17.7 min
22Sioux17.8 min
23Walsh18.0 min
24Steele18.2 min
25Mercer18.6 min

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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