Commuting in Cass County, Nebraska: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Cass County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cass County spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 233 hours, about 9.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 65% more time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 11.0 minutes.
Cass County holds about 1.4% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 2.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Cass County would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,890 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)
Cass County
28.0 min
55.9 min
233 hrs/yr
$7,225
928
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.
On average, it takes
28.0
minutes to get to work in
Cass County.
That's 25% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slowest county 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 12.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cass County
Car:
85.3%
Worked at Home:
12.3%
Walked:
1.5%
Other:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Cass County: 9619296.9 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Cass County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cass 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.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
2009
93.8%
3.7%
1.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
93.0%
4.1%
1.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
92.4%
4.7%
1.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
92.9%
3.9%
1.8%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
92.9%
3.9%
1.7%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
93.9%
3.6%
1.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
93.8%
3.1%
2.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
93.7%
3.2%
2.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
94.2%
3.6%
1.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.9%
4.1%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
93.8%
4.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
91.8%
6.7%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
90.3%
7.8%
1.1%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.1%
9.6%
1.4%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.6%
10.9%
1.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.3%
12.3%
1.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 94.2%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 85.3% in 2024, down 8.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cass County: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 12.3% in 2024, up 8.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Cass County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cass County?
The bars show when commuters in Cass 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 AMCass County3.9%Nebraska4.3%
3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCass County5.3%Nebraska3.2%
5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCass County6.2%Nebraska5.1%
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCass County12.9%Nebraska7.7%
12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCass County11.9%Nebraska10.5%
11.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCass County19.3%Nebraska15.5%
19.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCass County12.4%Nebraska16.7%
12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCass County10.1%Nebraska10.5%
10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCass County2.3%Nebraska4.4%
2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCass County3.8%Nebraska4.8%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCass County1.0%Nebraska2.4%
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCass County1.3%Nebraska1.4%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCass County4.0%Nebraska7.1%
4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCass County5.6%Nebraska6.5%
5.6%
Cass CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cass County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 15.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Nebraska's: 53.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.7%) 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 Cass 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 Cass 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 Cass 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Cass County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:14 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:14 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:12 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:10 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cass County were on the road by 7:15 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). That goes against the trend across Nebraska, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Cass County now leave 23 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 Cass County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Cass County's commute time compare?
Metric
Cass County
Nebraska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
28.0 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
12.3%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.5%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cass County is 28.0 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Cass County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cass County, NE is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 27,161 residents against a local median of 16,241. Cass County, NE's one-way commute, at 28.0 min, runs 49% above the 18.8 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 12.3% against a local median of 10.1%, 22% above it. The counties themselves spread 9.8 min on one-way commute, so Cass County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cass County, NE has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cass County, Nebraska.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Cass County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 233 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,225 at a typical national wage. That's 65% more than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Cass County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Cass County, Nebraska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Cass County, Nebraska?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in Nebraska, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Nebraska?
Among counties in Nebraska, the shortest average commutes are in Hooker County (7.4 min), Cherry County (8.0 min), Box Butte County (8.0 min). The longest are in Cass County (28.0 min), Banner County (27.2 min), Saunders County (26.9 min).