Commuting in Frontier 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 Frontier County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Frontier County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 131 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.
Frontier 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 Frontier County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,625 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)
Frontier County
15.7 min
31.4 min
131 hrs/yr
$4,062
394
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
15.7
minutes to get to work in
Frontier County.
That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 7.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Frontier County
Car:
86.2%
Worked at Home:
7.3%
Walked:
5.5%
Other:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Frontier County: 13076084.7 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Frontier County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Biking is essentially absent in Frontier County, versus 0.3% in Nebraska.
Commute Mode Trends in Frontier County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Frontier 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
82.7%
10.3%
4.7%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2010
77.5%
9.2%
9.8%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.8%
2011
78.6%
10.1%
9.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2012
78.4%
9.8%
9.7%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2013
80.4%
8.5%
10.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2014
81.0%
7.2%
10.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
82.8%
9.0%
7.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
82.3%
9.9%
6.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
84.3%
8.9%
5.3%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
82.7%
9.3%
7.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
82.2%
10.2%
6.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
80.9%
9.8%
8.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
81.3%
10.3%
7.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
84.0%
9.6%
5.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.7%
7.9%
4.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
86.2%
7.3%
5.5%
0.7%
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 2023 at 86.7% and lowest in 2010 at 77.5%. Overall it rose from 82.7% in 2009 to 86.2% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Walking gained the most ground in Frontier County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 5.5% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 10.3% to 7.3% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 10.9% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 5.5%.
Commute Start Times in Frontier County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Frontier County?
The bars show when commuters in Frontier 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 AMFrontier County3.3%Nebraska4.3%
3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMFrontier County2.8%Nebraska3.2%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMFrontier County2.0%Nebraska5.1%
2.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMFrontier County7.7%Nebraska7.7%
7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMFrontier County11.4%Nebraska10.5%
11.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMFrontier County20.8%Nebraska15.5%
20.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMFrontier County17.2%Nebraska16.7%
17.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMFrontier County15.0%Nebraska10.5%
15.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMFrontier County4.8%Nebraska4.4%
4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMFrontier County3.8%Nebraska4.8%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMFrontier County2.5%Nebraska2.4%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMFrontier County0.4%Nebraska1.4%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMFrontier County6.7%Nebraska7.1%
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMFrontier County1.7%Nebraska6.5%
1.7%
Frontier CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Frontier County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 8.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 64.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (15.0%) 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 Frontier 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 Frontier 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 Frontier 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
Frontier County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:41 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Frontier County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Frontier County now leave 4 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 Frontier County has moved 2 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Frontier County in the whole series.
How does Frontier County's commute time compare?
Metric
Frontier County
Nebraska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.7 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
7.3%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
5.5%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Frontier County is 15.7 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 5.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Frontier County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Frontier County, NE is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,569 residents against a local median of 10,557. Where Frontier County, NE breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 55% above the local median of 4.7% at 7.3%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 15.7 min against a local median of 12.5 min, 26% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 26% above the local median it puts Frontier County, NE at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.5% on work from home, so Frontier County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Frontier County, NE has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Frontier County, Nebraska.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Frontier County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 131 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,062 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Frontier County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Frontier 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).