Lancaster County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lancaster County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lancaster County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 144 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting.

That is 2% more time on the road than the Nebraska average of 16.9 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Lancaster County holds about 16.5% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 16.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lancaster County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,787 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)
Lancaster County	17.3 min	34.6 min	144 hrs/yr	$4,467	1,749
Nebraska	16.9 min	33.9 min	141 hrs/yr	$4,376	691
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

Compare commute times among different counties

On average, it takes 17.3 minutes to get to work in Lancaster County. That's 23% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 72% of counties in Nebraska

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 10.1% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 84.6%
• Worked at Home: 10.1%
• Walked: 3.0%
• Public Transportation: 0.8%
• Bicycle: 0.8%
• Other: 0.5%
• Taxi: < 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%

How does Lancaster County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lancaster County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.3 min	16.9 min	22.5 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	10.1%	10.0%	13.4%
Walked	3.0%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	0.5%	3.5%

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

0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 3.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau