Commuting in Greeley 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 Greeley County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Greeley County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 115 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.3 minutes.
Greeley 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 Greeley County would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,420 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)
Greeley County
13.7 min
27.5 min
115 hrs/yr
$3,550
253
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
13.7
minutes to get to work in
Greeley County.
That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 5.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Greeley County
Car:
82.1%
Walked:
10.7%unusually high
Worked at Home:
5.9%
Other:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Walking is unusually common in Greeley County: 4.6 times more than the Nebraska average (10.7% vs 2.3%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Greeley County: 9413733.3 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Biking is essentially absent in Greeley County, versus 0.3% in Nebraska.
Greeley County stands out for active commuting: 10.7% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.0 times the Nebraska average of 2.7%.
Commute Mode Trends in Greeley County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Greeley 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
Walked
Worked at Home
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
75.3%
6.8%
17.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
74.8%
7.4%
17.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
77.9%
4.8%
16.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2012
78.7%
4.7%
15.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
79.6%
6.1%
13.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
79.4%
6.4%
12.3%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2015
82.0%
5.5%
10.9%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
81.8%
5.8%
10.9%
0.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
78.0%
6.9%
13.5%
0.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
73.7%
6.0%
19.0%
0.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
77.1%
6.1%
16.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
77.0%
5.8%
16.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
79.6%
6.2%
13.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
82.2%
5.4%
12.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
83.5%
9.3%
6.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
82.1%
10.7%
5.9%
1.2%
0.0%
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 83.5% and lowest in 2018 at 73.7%. Overall it rose from 75.3% in 2009 to 82.1% in 2024, up 6.8 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Walking gained the most ground in Greeley County: its share of workers rose from 6.8% in 2009 to 10.7% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 17.4% to 5.9% of workers (down 11.5 percentage points).
Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 1.0% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Greeley County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greeley County?
The bars show when commuters in Greeley 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 AMGreeley County2.6%Nebraska4.3%
2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGreeley County4.5%Nebraska3.2%
4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGreeley County1.9%Nebraska5.1%
1.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGreeley County3.7%Nebraska7.7%
3.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGreeley County9.7%Nebraska10.5%
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGreeley County24.6%Nebraska15.5%
24.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGreeley County26.7%Nebraska16.7%
26.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGreeley County11.8%Nebraska10.5%
11.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGreeley County2.7%Nebraska4.4%
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGreeley County4.9%Nebraska4.8%
4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGreeley County1.0%Nebraska2.4%
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGreeley County0.3%Nebraska1.4%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGreeley County1.4%Nebraska7.1%
1.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGreeley County4.3%Nebraska6.5%
4.3%
Greeley CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Greeley County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 26.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 9.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 72.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (11.8%) 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 Greeley 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 Greeley 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 Greeley 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
Greeley County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:49 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:51 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:38 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
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Greeley County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:49 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Greeley 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 Greeley County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Greeley County in the whole series.
How does Greeley County's commute time compare?
Metric
Greeley County
Nebraska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.7 min
17.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.9%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
10.7%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Greeley County is 13.7 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 10.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Greeley County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Greeley County, NE is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,202 residents against a local median of 4,066. Greeley County, NE's work from home, at 5.9%, runs 31% below the 8.6% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 6.8% on work from home, so Greeley County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Greeley County, NE has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Greeley County, Nebraska.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Greeley County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 115 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,550 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Greeley County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Greeley County, Nebraska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Greeley County, Nebraska?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in Nebraska, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).