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Deuel County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Deuel 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 Deuel County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Deuel County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 192 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 36% more time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.1 minutes.

Deuel 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 Deuel County would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,383 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)
Deuel County 23.1 min 46.1 min 192 hrs/yr $5,958 180
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.

Commute Time Map: Nebraska Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Nebraska
  1. Hooker County (7.4 min)
  2. Cherry County (8.0 min)
  3. Box Butte County (8.0 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Nebraska
  1. Cass County (28.0 min)
  2. Banner County (27.2 min)
  3. Saunders County (26.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Deuel County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.1 minutes to get to work in Deuel County. That's 3% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Nebraska

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Deuel County

  • Car: 89.6%
  • Worked at Home: 5.5%
  • Walked: 2.6%
  • Other: 1.4%
  • Public Transportation: 0.9%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Biking is unusually rare in Deuel County: 7140015.6 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Deuel County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Deuel 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 80.9% 13.0% 4.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2010 85.1% 9.1% 4.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
2011 82.6% 12.1% 4.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2012 84.1% 10.0% 3.8% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2013 85.8% 6.9% 3.0% 3.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2014 85.3% 6.1% 3.9% 3.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2015 84.5% 6.1% 3.8% 4.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3% 1.0%
2016 85.4% 3.8% 4.6% 4.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 1.0%
2017 86.1% 3.3% 4.7% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 1.1%
2018 87.5% 4.5% 5.1% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.7%
2019 86.0% 4.7% 5.5% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
2020 84.3% 4.9% 4.9% 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2021 86.9% 6.2% 3.4% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.0% 5.8% 3.8% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.4% 5.5% 3.4% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 89.6% 5.5% 2.6% 1.4% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share rose from 80.9% in 2009 to 89.6% in 2024, up 8.7 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 4 releases.

Public transit gained the most ground in Deuel County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.9% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 13.0% to 5.5% of workers (down 7.5 percentage points).

Public transit overtook biking to become the 5th most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Deuel County

  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Nebraska's 93 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:12 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Deuel County?

The bars show when commuters in Deuel 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
8.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
17.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
9.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Deuel County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 18.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Nebraska: 47.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (15.2%) 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 Deuel 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 Deuel 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 Deuel 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 Deuel County Nebraska United States
2009 7:20 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:18 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:15 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:14 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:21 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:21 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:21 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:22 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:21 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:27 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:21 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:21 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:09 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:12 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Deuel County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Deuel County now leave 26 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 Deuel County has moved 15 minutes earlier.

How does Deuel County's commute time compare?

Metric Deuel County Nebraska US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.1 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 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 5.5% 11.1% 15.0%
Walked 2.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.9% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Deuel County is 23.1 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.9% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Deuel County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Deuel County, NE is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,847 residents against a local median of 4,496. The measure that sets Deuel County, NE apart most is one-way commute: 23.1 min, 108% above the local median of 11.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 5.5% against a local median of 10.9%, 50% below it. The counties themselves sit within 4.7 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Deuel County, NE, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Deuel County, NE has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Deuel County, NE 1,847 23.1 min #6/6 5.5% #6/6 7:12 AM #1/6
Sedgwick County, CO 2,304 12.9 min 16.3% 7:31 AM
Garden County, NE 1,760 8.2 min 7.8% 7:15 AM
Phillips County, CO 4,496 11.5 min 10.9% 7:36 AM
Cheyenne County, NE 9,532 11.1 min 11.3% 7:22 AM
Keith County, NE 8,219 10.9 min 10.0% 7:31 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Deuel County, Nebraska.

Is living in Deuel County, Nebraska good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 192 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,958 at a typical national wage. That's 36% more than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Deuel County, Nebraska?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Deuel County, Nebraska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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).