Blaine County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Blaine County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Blaine County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.

Blaine 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 Blaine County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,650 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)
Blaine County	16.0 min	31.9 min	133 hrs/yr	$4,125	63
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.

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On average, it takes 16.0 minutes to get to work in Blaine County. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 21.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Blaine County

• Car: 62.8% unusually low
• Worked at Home: 21.7%
• Walked: 14.2% unusually high
• 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 Blaine County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

Driving is 26% less common in Blaine County than the Nebraska average (62.8% vs 84.7%).

Walking is unusually common in Blaine County: 6.1 times more than the Nebraska average (14.2% vs 2.3%).

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

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

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

Blaine County stands out for active commuting: 14.2% of workers walk or bike to work, 5.3 times the Nebraska average of 2.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Blaine County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Blaine 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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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	54.9%	29.5%	14.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	63.9%	21.6%	13.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	71.8%	19.2%	7.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	74.6%	17.3%	8.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	73.3%	19.6%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	66.7%	26.6%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	63.4%	27.6%	7.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	62.4%	25.2%	9.3%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	65.7%	23.8%	7.6%	2.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	70.6%	19.6%	7.8%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	68.3%	11.0%	15.0%	2.8%	0.8%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%
2020	59.9%	8.8%	24.0%	5.0%	0.8%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
2021	61.5%	17.0%	18.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%
2022	57.0%	21.5%	19.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
2023	59.5%	17.1%	21.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
2024	62.8%	21.7%	14.2%	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. Its share peaked in 2012 at 74.6%. Overall it rose from 54.9% in 2009 to 62.8% in 2024, up 7.9 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 29.5% to 21.7% of workers (down 7.8 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 24.0% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 14.2%.

Commute Start Times in Blaine County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Nebraska's 93 counties: 81.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
• 🛌 Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Nebraska's 93 counties: the typical start is 24 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Blaine County?

The bars show when commuters in Blaine 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 Blaine County1.7% Nebraska4.3%	1.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Blaine County2.3% Nebraska3.2%	2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Blaine County2.8% Nebraska5.1%	2.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Blaine County6.2% Nebraska7.7%	6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Blaine County8.5% Nebraska10.5%	8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Blaine County20.3% Nebraska15.5%	20.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Blaine County27.1% Nebraska16.7%	27.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Blaine County25.4% Nebraska10.5%	25.4%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Blaine County4.0% Nebraska4.4%	4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Blaine County1.1% Nebraska4.8%	1.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Blaine County0.0% Nebraska2.4%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Blaine County0.6% Nebraska1.4%	0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Blaine County0.0% Nebraska7.1%	0.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Blaine County0.0% Nebraska6.5%	0.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Blaine County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 27.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 6.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 81.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there.

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 Blaine 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 Blaine 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 Blaine 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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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Blaine County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:15 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:19 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:17 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:11 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:06 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:15 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:31 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Blaine County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 24 minutes later than in 2009 (7:15 AM). That goes against the trend across Nebraska, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Blaine County now leave 1 minute later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Blaine County has moved 17 minutes later.

How does Blaine County's commute time compare?

Metric	Blaine County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.0 min	17.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	21.7%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	14.2%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Blaine County is 16.0 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 14.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau