Cheyenne County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Cheyenne County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cheyenne County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 92 hours, about 3.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.9 minutes.

Cheyenne County holds about 0.5% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cheyenne County would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,147 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)
Cheyenne County	11.1 min	22.2 min	92 hrs/yr	$2,867	332
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 11.1 minutes to get to work in Cheyenne County. That's 50% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 74% 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 working from home. About 11.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Cheyenne County

• Car: 84.2%
• Worked at Home: 11.3%
• Walked: 3.9%
• Other: 0.4%
• Bicycle: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Cheyenne County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Cheyenne County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Cheyenne 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	88.5%	4.8%	5.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	89.5%	4.5%	5.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	90.7%	4.2%	4.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.3%	3.9%	4.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	92.0%	4.0%	3.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.8%	3.5%	1.6%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	93.5%	3.4%	1.7%	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	91.5%	4.1%	2.6%	0.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2017	93.0%	3.8%	1.8%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	93.5%	3.5%	1.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	90.3%	4.5%	4.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.3%	6.4%	4.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.9%	5.9%	4.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.9%	6.6%	5.1%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.0%	9.8%	4.9%	0.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	84.2%	11.3%	3.9%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2014 at 93.8% and lowest in 2023 at 84.0%. Overall it fell from 88.5% in 2009 to 84.2% in 2024, down 4.3 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Cheyenne County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 11.3% in 2024, up 6.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.7% to 3.9% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Cheyenne County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cheyenne County?

The bars show when commuters in Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County9.3% Nebraska4.3%	9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Cheyenne County2.6% Nebraska3.2%	2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Cheyenne County4.3% Nebraska5.1%	4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Cheyenne County9.5% Nebraska7.7%	9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Cheyenne County10.5% Nebraska10.5%	10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Cheyenne County18.7% Nebraska15.5%	18.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Cheyenne County16.7% Nebraska16.7%	16.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Cheyenne County5.7% Nebraska10.5%	5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Cheyenne County4.2% Nebraska4.4%	4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Cheyenne County5.6% Nebraska4.8%	5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Cheyenne County2.2% Nebraska2.4%	2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Cheyenne County1.5% Nebraska1.4%	1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Cheyenne County6.4% Nebraska7.1%	6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Cheyenne County2.8% Nebraska6.5%	2.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Cheyenne County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 16.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Nebraska's: 51.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.5%) 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 Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne 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	Cheyenne County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:17 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:18 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Cheyenne County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Cheyenne County now leave 16 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Cheyenne County's commute time compare?

Metric	Cheyenne County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.1 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	11.3%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Cheyenne County is 11.1 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 3.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau