Commuting in Hall 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 Hall County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hall 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 114 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.
Hall County holds about 3.2% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 2.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hall County would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,415 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)
Hall County
13.7 min
27.4 min
114 hrs/yr
$3,537
792
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
Hall 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 working from home. About 4.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hall County
Car:
92.4%
Worked at Home:
4.4%
Other:
1.0%
Walked:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.6%
Taxi:
0.4%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Hall County: 3.3 times more than the Nebraska average (0.4% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Hall County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hall 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
93.6%
3.8%
0.4%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.9%
2010
93.4%
3.9%
0.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.7%
2011
93.3%
3.5%
0.5%
1.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
2012
93.8%
3.6%
0.3%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2013
93.6%
3.4%
0.5%
0.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2014
93.7%
2.9%
0.3%
1.1%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2015
93.7%
2.7%
0.4%
1.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.7%
2016
93.8%
2.9%
0.4%
1.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2017
93.4%
2.9%
0.9%
1.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2018
94.1%
2.6%
0.9%
1.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
2019
94.4%
2.6%
0.9%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
2020
95.2%
2.3%
1.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
94.4%
2.6%
1.2%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2022
94.0%
2.9%
1.2%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
93.3%
3.7%
1.0%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
2024
92.4%
4.4%
1.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 95.2%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 92.4% in 2024, down 1.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hall County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 4.4% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.2% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Hall County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hall County?
The bars show when commuters in Hall 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 AMHall County5.5%Nebraska4.3%
5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHall County6.9%Nebraska3.2%
6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHall County6.1%Nebraska5.1%
6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHall County7.2%Nebraska7.7%
7.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHall County7.8%Nebraska10.5%
7.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHall County14.7%Nebraska15.5%
14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHall County15.6%Nebraska16.7%
15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHall County9.9%Nebraska10.5%
9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHall County2.7%Nebraska4.4%
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHall County4.2%Nebraska4.8%
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHall County2.2%Nebraska2.4%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHall County0.8%Nebraska1.4%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHall County7.7%Nebraska7.1%
7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHall County8.8%Nebraska6.5%
8.8%
Hall CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hall County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 18.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Nebraska: 48.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.7%) 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 Hall 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 Hall 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 Hall 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
Hall County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 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
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hall County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Hall 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 Hall County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Hall County in the whole series.
How does Hall County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hall 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
4.4%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.6%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hall County is 13.7 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
0.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Hall County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hall County, NE is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 62,536 residents against a local median of 7,724. The measure that sets Hall County, NE apart most is work from home: 4.4%, 34% below the local median of 6.7%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.7 min against a local median of 17.1 min, 20% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 20% below the local median it puts Hall County, NE at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.0% on work from home, so Hall County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hall County, NE has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hall County, Nebraska.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Hall County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 114 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,537 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Hall County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Hall 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.
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).