Knox County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Knox County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Knox 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 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.

Knox County holds about 0.4% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Knox County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,408 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)
Knox County	13.6 min	27.2 min	114 hrs/yr	$3,519	501
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.

Commute Time Map: Nebraska Counties

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On average, it takes 13.6 minutes to get to work in Knox 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 9.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Knox County

• Car: 85.7%
• Worked at Home: 9.9%
• Walked: 3.3%
• Other: 1.1%
• 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 Knox County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

Public transit is unusually rare in Knox County: 3.6 times less than the Nebraska average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Knox County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Knox 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	80.1%	11.7%	7.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	79.9%	11.2%	8.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	80.8%	11.7%	6.8%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	81.0%	12.3%	6.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	82.0%	10.9%	6.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	84.3%	8.5%	6.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	85.2%	7.5%	6.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	85.6%	7.5%	6.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	86.2%	7.3%	5.9%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	86.9%	7.0%	5.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	86.4%	7.7%	5.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	86.0%	8.8%	4.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	85.0%	9.3%	4.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	85.0%	9.6%	4.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.0%	9.5%	4.4%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	85.7%	9.9%	3.3%	1.1%	0.1%	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 2018 at 86.9% and lowest in 2010 at 79.9%. Overall it rose from 80.1% in 2009 to 85.7% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.7% to 3.3% of workers (down 4.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Knox County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Knox County?

The bars show when commuters in Knox 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 Knox County4.8% Nebraska4.3%	4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Knox County4.8% Nebraska3.2%	4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Knox County4.4% Nebraska5.1%	4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Knox County9.7% Nebraska7.7%	9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Knox County7.0% Nebraska10.5%	7.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Knox County15.5% Nebraska15.5%	15.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Knox County21.8% Nebraska16.7%	21.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Knox County12.1% Nebraska10.5%	12.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Knox County3.2% Nebraska4.4%	3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Knox County5.7% Nebraska4.8%	5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Knox County1.5% Nebraska2.4%	1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Knox County0.9% Nebraska1.4%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Knox County4.2% Nebraska7.1%	4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Knox County4.3% Nebraska6.5%	4.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Knox County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 14.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 56.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.7%) 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 Knox 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 Knox 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 Knox 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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• Nebraska
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Knox County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:35 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 Knox 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 Knox County now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Knox County's commute time compare?

Metric	Knox County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.6 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	9.9%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Knox County is 13.6 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 3.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau