Banner County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Banner County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Banner County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 227 hours, about 9.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 60% more time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 10.2 minutes.

Banner County holds about 0.0% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Banner County would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,813 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)
Banner County	27.2 min	54.4 min	227 hrs/yr	$7,032	352
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 27.2 minutes to get to work in Banner County. That's 21% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Nebraska

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Banner County

• Car: 85.9%
• Worked at Home: 9.7%
• Walked: 3.1%
• Other: 1.3%
• 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 Banner County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Banner County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Banner 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
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	67.6%	22.3%	8.3%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	72.1%	19.8%	8.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	77.6%	17.1%	5.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	73.9%	17.4%	8.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	75.8%	13.6%	10.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	70.7%	16.5%	12.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	70.8%	19.2%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	69.4%	22.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	73.4%	21.5%	5.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	70.1%	26.6%	3.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	67.6%	31.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	74.1%	24.7%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	78.6%	19.7%	1.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	75.6%	22.7%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	81.9%	12.9%	4.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	85.9%	9.7%	3.1%	1.3%	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. Overall its share rose from 67.6% in 2009 to 85.9% in 2024, up 18.3 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 22.3% to 9.7% of workers (down 12.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 12.8% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 3.1%.

Commute Start Times in Banner County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Banner County?

The bars show when commuters in Banner 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 Banner County3.4% Nebraska4.3%	3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Banner County1.4% Nebraska3.2%	1.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Banner County1.1% Nebraska5.1%	1.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Banner County18.7% Nebraska7.7%	18.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Banner County9.4% Nebraska10.5%	9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Banner County35.2% Nebraska15.5%	35.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Banner County6.8% Nebraska16.7%	6.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Banner County14.5% Nebraska10.5%	14.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Banner County0.9% Nebraska4.4%	0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Banner County0.6% Nebraska4.8%	0.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Banner County3.4% Nebraska2.4%	3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Banner County0.0% Nebraska1.4%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Banner County2.3% Nebraska7.1%	2.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Banner County2.3% Nebraska6.5%	2.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Banner County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 35.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 6.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 65.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 12 commuters (8.5%) 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 Banner 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 Banner 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 Banner 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.

• Banner County
• Nebraska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Banner County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:17 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:14 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:12 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:07 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:14 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:14 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:03 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:05 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:10 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:55 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:05 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:18 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:14 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Banner County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:18 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Banner County now leave 24 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 Banner County has moved 9 minutes later.

How does Banner County's commute time compare?

Metric	Banner County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.2 min	17.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.7%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Banner County is 27.2 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau