Keya Paha County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Keya Paha County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Keya Paha County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 138 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Keya Paha County holds about 0.0% of Nebraska's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Keya Paha County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,706 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)
Keya Paha County	16.5 min	33.0 min	138 hrs/yr	$4,266	86
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.

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On average, it takes 16.5 minutes to get to work in Keya Paha County. That's 26% 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 16.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Keya Paha County

• Car: 67.6% unusually low
• Worked at Home: 16.4%
• Walked: 12.5% unusually high
• Other: 3.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Driving is 20% less common in Keya Paha County than the Nebraska average (67.6% vs 84.7%).

Walking is unusually common in Keya Paha County: 5.4 times more than the Nebraska average (12.5% vs 2.3%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Keya Paha County, versus 0.5% in Nebraska.

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

Biking is essentially absent in Keya Paha County, versus 0.3% in Nebraska.

Keya Paha County stands out for active commuting: 12.5% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.7 times the Nebraska average of 2.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Keya Paha County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Keya Paha 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	63.0%	25.5%	11.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	61.9%	23.5%	12.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	62.9%	24.6%	10.9%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	64.4%	27.4%	7.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	59.5%	32.5%	7.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	59.4%	35.5%	4.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	55.9%	37.2%	6.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	53.1%	39.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	62.3%	28.3%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%
2018	63.4%	22.4%	12.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%
2019	71.4%	9.9%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.4%
2020	67.5%	11.9%	15.0%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%
2021	69.6%	10.3%	15.1%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%
2022	65.8%	13.6%	16.6%	4.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	70.2%	16.0%	9.6%	4.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	67.6%	16.4%	12.5%	3.4%	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 2019 at 71.4% and lowest in 2016 at 53.1%. Overall it rose from 63.0% in 2009 to 67.6% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Keya Paha County: its share of workers rose from 11.6% in 2009 to 12.5% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 25.5% to 16.4% of workers (down 9.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 16.6% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 12.5%.

Commute Start Times in Keya Paha County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Keya Paha County?

The bars show when commuters in Keya Paha 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 AM Keya Paha County3.1% Nebraska4.3%	3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Keya Paha County1.3% Nebraska3.2%	1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Keya Paha County4.1% Nebraska5.1%	4.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Keya Paha County8.4% Nebraska7.7%	8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Keya Paha County13.1% Nebraska10.5%	13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Keya Paha County16.3% Nebraska15.5%	16.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Keya Paha County21.2% Nebraska16.7%	21.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Keya Paha County11.9% Nebraska10.5%	11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Keya Paha County0.9% Nebraska4.4%	0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Keya Paha County6.9% Nebraska4.8%	6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Keya Paha County0.9% Nebraska2.4%	0.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Keya Paha County4.7% Nebraska1.4%	4.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Keya Paha County0.9% Nebraska7.1%	0.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Keya Paha County6.2% Nebraska6.5%	6.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Keya Paha County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 8.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 62.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.7%) 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 Keya Paha 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 Keya Paha 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 Keya Paha 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Keya Paha County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:45 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:42 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:45 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:42 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Keya Paha County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:34 AM). That goes against the trend across Nebraska, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Keya Paha County now leave 3 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 Keya Paha County has moved 9 minutes earlier.

How does Keya Paha County's commute time compare?

Metric	Keya Paha County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.5 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	16.4%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	12.5%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Keya Paha County is about the same as in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 12.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau