Boyd County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Boyd County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Boyd County spend about 20 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 84 hours, about 3.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.

Boyd County holds about 0.1% of Nebraska's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Boyd County would save about 34 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,044 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)
Boyd County	10.1 min	20.2 min	84 hrs/yr	$2,609	189
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 10.1 minutes to get to work in Boyd County. That's 55% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 85% of counties in Nebraska

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 8.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Boyd County

• Car: 78.9%
• Walked: 12.1% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 8.1%
• Other: 0.9%
• 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 Boyd County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

Walking is unusually common in Boyd County: 5.2 times more than the Nebraska average (12.1% vs 2.3%).

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

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

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

Boyd County stands out for active commuting: 12.1% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.5 times the Nebraska average of 2.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Boyd County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Boyd 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	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	71.2%	7.9%	20.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	69.0%	7.5%	22.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	69.2%	7.5%	22.1%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	72.7%	6.4%	20.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	72.9%	7.4%	18.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	74.4%	8.5%	16.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	74.0%	8.5%	16.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2016	74.5%	8.1%	16.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2017	70.5%	8.0%	20.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2018	70.6%	7.4%	21.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	72.2%	7.5%	19.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	75.8%	9.2%	14.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	77.2%	10.0%	11.3%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	80.3%	10.6%	7.4%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2023	78.0%	11.6%	8.5%	0.7%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	78.9%	12.1%	8.1%	0.9%	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 was highest in 2022 at 80.3% and lowest in 2010 at 69.0%. Overall it rose from 71.2% in 2009 to 78.9% in 2024, up 7.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Boyd County: its share of workers rose from 7.9% in 2009 to 12.1% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 20.6% to 8.1% of workers (down 12.5 percentage points).

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Boyd County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Boyd County?

The bars show when commuters in Boyd 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 Boyd County4.0% Nebraska4.3%	4.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Boyd County4.5% Nebraska3.2%	4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Boyd County3.3% Nebraska5.1%	3.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Boyd County3.6% Nebraska7.7%	3.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Boyd County4.9% Nebraska10.5%	4.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Boyd County19.3% Nebraska15.5%	19.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Boyd County17.5% Nebraska16.7%	17.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Boyd County15.3% Nebraska10.5%	15.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Boyd County9.7% Nebraska4.4%	9.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Boyd County5.9% Nebraska4.8%	5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Boyd County1.4% Nebraska2.4%	1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Boyd County0.0% Nebraska1.4%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Boyd County4.9% Nebraska7.1%	4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Boyd County5.6% Nebraska6.5%	5.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Boyd County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are about as common as in Nebraska: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 57.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.9%) 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 Boyd 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 Boyd 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 Boyd 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	Boyd County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:48 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Boyd County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:43 AM). That goes against the trend across Nebraska, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Boyd County now leave 10 minutes 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 Boyd County has moved 10 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Boyd County in the whole series.

How does Boyd County's commute time compare?

Metric	Boyd County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	10.1 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.1%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	12.1%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Boyd County is 10.1 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 12.1% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau