Commuting in Gosper 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 Gosper County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Gosper County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 167 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.
Gosper 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 Gosper County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,076 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)
Gosper County
20.1 min
40.2 min
167 hrs/yr
$5,189
347
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
20.1
minutes to get to work in
Gosper County.
That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 84% 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 6.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Gosper County
Car:
84.7%
Worked at Home:
6.9%
Other:
4.2%
Walked:
2.8%
Public Transportation:
1.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Gosper County: 3814074.3 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Gosper County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Biking is essentially absent in Gosper County, versus 0.3% in Nebraska.
Commute Mode Trends in Gosper County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Gosper 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
87.1%
4.9%
0.7%
6.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
84.5%
7.7%
0.2%
6.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
83.9%
6.7%
1.7%
6.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
84.1%
7.4%
1.1%
6.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
83.0%
7.2%
1.4%
7.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
83.8%
6.4%
2.0%
7.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
86.9%
4.9%
2.4%
5.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
88.8%
5.3%
1.0%
4.1%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.8%
3.6%
1.3%
4.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
90.9%
4.2%
1.6%
2.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
90.4%
5.3%
0.9%
2.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.1%
3.8%
1.7%
2.4%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
88.3%
4.6%
4.4%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
89.6%
3.7%
4.5%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
87.6%
3.7%
5.4%
2.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
84.7%
6.9%
4.2%
2.8%
1.3%
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 2020 at 91.1% and lowest in 2013 at 83.0%. Overall it fell from 87.1% in 2009 to 84.7% in 2024, down 2.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Gosper County: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.4% to 2.8% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Gosper County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gosper County?
The bars show when commuters in Gosper 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 AMGosper County5.3%Nebraska4.3%
5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGosper County5.4%Nebraska3.2%
5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGosper County3.8%Nebraska5.1%
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGosper County8.8%Nebraska7.7%
8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGosper County9.0%Nebraska10.5%
9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGosper County26.7%Nebraska15.5%
26.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGosper County16.4%Nebraska16.7%
16.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGosper County9.8%Nebraska10.5%
9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGosper County0.4%Nebraska4.4%
0.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGosper County4.4%Nebraska4.8%
4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGosper County1.1%Nebraska2.4%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGosper County1.6%Nebraska1.4%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGosper County1.1%Nebraska7.1%
1.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGosper County6.2%Nebraska6.5%
6.2%
Gosper CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Gosper County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 26.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 14.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 61.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.4%) 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 Gosper 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 Gosper 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 Gosper 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
Gosper County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:28 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 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
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Gosper County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Gosper County now leave 18 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Gosper County's commute time compare?
Metric
Gosper County
Nebraska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.1 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
6.9%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.8%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.3%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Gosper County is 20.1 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
1.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 2.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Gosper County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Gosper County, NE is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,040 residents against a local median of 4,568. Where Gosper County, NE breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 62% above the local median of 12.4 min at 20.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 6.9% against a local median of 5.6%, 23% above it. The counties themselves spread 6.7 min on one-way commute, so Gosper County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Gosper County, NE has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Gosper County, Nebraska.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Gosper County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 167 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,189 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Gosper County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Gosper 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).