Arthur County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Arthur County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Arthur County spend about 16 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 68 hours, about 2.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.

Arthur County holds about 0.0% of Nebraska's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Arthur County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $846 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)
Arthur County	8.2 min	16.4 min	68 hrs/yr	$2,116	30
Nebraska	17.0 min	34.0 min	142 hrs/yr	$4,390	691
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: Nebraska Counties

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On average, it takes 8.2 minutes to get to work in Arthur County. That's 63% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 93% of counties in Nebraska

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Arthur County

• Car: 81.9%
• Worked at Home: 10.1%
• Walked: 5.5%
• Other: 2.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Arthur County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

Public transit is essentially absent in Arthur County, versus 0.5% in Nebraska.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Arthur County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

Biking is essentially absent in Arthur County, versus 0.3% in Nebraska.

Commute Mode Trends in Arthur County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Arthur 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	44.4%	48.4%	6.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	52.3%	32.9%	13.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	56.3%	28.4%	14.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	58.4%	26.5%	13.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	63.9%	19.0%	17.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	63.5%	21.2%	15.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	67.7%	19.9%	12.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	74.7%	13.2%	12.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	78.7%	13.6%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	74.3%	19.4%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	73.8%	19.4%	6.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	82.9%	12.4%	4.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	81.3%	13.9%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	80.4%	11.9%	7.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	82.7%	9.1%	6.1%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.9%	10.1%	5.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving's share peaked in 2020 at 82.9%. Overall it rose from 44.4% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, up 37.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 48.4% to 10.1% of workers (down 38.3 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 17.1% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 5.5%.

The most common way to get to work changed: working from home led in 2009, while driving led in 2024.

Commute Start Times in Arthur County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Nebraska's 93 counties: 74.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Arthur County?

The bars show when commuters in Arthur 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 Nebraska for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Arthur County0.0% Nebraska4.3%	0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Arthur County1.9% Nebraska3.2%	1.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Arthur County5.6% Nebraska5.1%	5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Arthur County11.2% Nebraska7.7%	11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Arthur County13.6% Nebraska10.5%	13.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Arthur County25.7% Nebraska15.5%	25.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Arthur County4.7% Nebraska16.7%	4.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Arthur County30.8% Nebraska10.5%	30.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Arthur County0.5% Nebraska4.4%	0.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Arthur County1.9% Nebraska4.8%	1.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Arthur County1.9% Nebraska2.4%	1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Arthur County0.5% Nebraska1.4%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Arthur County1.4% Nebraska7.1%	1.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Arthur County0.5% Nebraska6.5%	0.5%

Arthur County Nebraska Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Arthur County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 30.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 7.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 74.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 16 commuters (6.1%) 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 Arthur 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 Arthur 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 Arthur County next to Nebraska 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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• Nebraska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Arthur County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:29 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:17 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:16 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:20 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:17 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Arthur County were on the road by 7:21 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:22 AM). Nebraska followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Arthur County now leave 17 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 Arthur County has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Arthur County's commute time compare?

Metric	Arthur County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.2 min	17.0 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.1%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	5.5%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Arthur County is 8.2 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 5.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau