Commuting in Chase 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 Chase County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Chase 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.
Chase County holds about 0.2% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Chase County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $843 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)
Chase County
8.2 min
16.3 min
68 hrs/yr
$2,106
263
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
8.2
minutes to get to work in
Chase County.
That's 64% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest 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 working from home. About 9.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Chase County
Car:
81.9%
Worked at Home:
9.8%
Walked:
5.8%
Other:
1.2%
Bicycle:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Chase County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Chase County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Commute Mode Trends in Chase County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Chase 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
80.2%
11.2%
7.3%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
82.3%
9.0%
6.8%
1.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
78.7%
12.5%
6.5%
1.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
82.8%
9.6%
5.8%
0.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
82.4%
10.2%
6.2%
0.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
82.1%
10.7%
6.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
80.9%
11.5%
4.8%
2.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
84.7%
8.9%
3.3%
2.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
81.5%
10.8%
3.7%
3.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
83.8%
7.2%
5.0%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2019
85.8%
5.5%
4.8%
3.2%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
85.5%
6.1%
6.1%
1.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2021
81.3%
10.7%
5.6%
1.8%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
80.8%
10.8%
6.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
80.1%
12.3%
5.9%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
81.9%
9.8%
5.8%
1.2%
0.7%
0.6%
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 2019 at 85.8% and lowest in 2011 at 78.7%. Overall it rose from 80.2% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, up 1.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Biking gained the most ground in Chase County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.7% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.3% to 5.8% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 12.5% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 9.8%.
Commute Start Times in Chase County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Chase County?
The bars show when commuters in Chase 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 AMChase County2.6%Nebraska4.3%
2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMChase County4.0%Nebraska3.2%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMChase County6.3%Nebraska5.1%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMChase County8.7%Nebraska7.7%
8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMChase County13.9%Nebraska10.5%
13.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMChase County26.0%Nebraska15.5%
26.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMChase County14.1%Nebraska16.7%
14.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMChase County9.8%Nebraska10.5%
9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMChase County4.4%Nebraska4.4%
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMChase County4.8%Nebraska4.8%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMChase County1.3%Nebraska2.4%
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMChase County0.3%Nebraska1.4%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMChase County1.5%Nebraska7.1%
1.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMChase County2.3%Nebraska6.5%
2.3%
Chase CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Chase County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 26.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are about as common as in Nebraska: 13.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 63.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 10 commuters (10.1%) 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 Chase 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 Chase 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 Chase 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
Chase County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:24 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:15 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:10 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:12 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Chase County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Chase County now leave 21 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 Chase County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Chase County's commute time compare?
Metric
Chase County
Nebraska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.2 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.8%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
5.8%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.6%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Chase County is 8.2 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
0.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 5.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Chase County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Chase County, NE is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,671 residents against a local median of 2,821. Where Chase County, NE breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 25% below the local median of 10.9 min at 8.2 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.8% against a local median of 8.2%, 21% above it. The counties themselves spread 11.7 min on one-way commute, so Chase County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Chase County, NE has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Chase County, Nebraska.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Chase County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 68 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,106 at a typical national wage. That's 52% less than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Chase County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Chase County, Nebraska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Nebraska have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).