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McPherson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in McPherson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McPherson County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 108 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.

McPherson 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 McPherson County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,338 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)
McPherson County 13.0 min 25.9 min 108 hrs/yr $3,346 35
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

Fastest commutes among counties in Nebraska
  1. Hooker County (7.4 min)
  2. Cherry County (8.0 min)
  3. Box Butte County (8.0 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Nebraska
  1. Cass County (28.0 min)
  2. Banner County (27.2 min)
  3. Saunders County (26.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

McPherson County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 13.0 minutes to get to work in McPherson County. That's 42% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McPherson County

  • Car: 77.2%
  • Worked at Home: 18.1%
  • Walked: 4.6%
  • Other: < 0.1%
  • 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 McPherson County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in McPherson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McPherson 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 Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other
2009 76.0% 18.8% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2010 80.4% 17.1% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 77.1% 19.5% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 77.3% 18.4% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 71.5% 12.8% 15.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 63.1% 17.2% 14.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.6%
2015 57.1% 22.6% 15.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.6%
2016 60.0% 17.6% 17.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.2%
2017 57.8% 20.2% 17.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.9%
2018 56.8% 29.1% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0%
2019 58.8% 28.9% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 67.0% 22.3% 10.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 68.3% 23.2% 8.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 70.2% 21.4% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 72.7% 19.5% 7.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 77.2% 18.1% 4.6% 0.0% 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 2010 at 80.4% and lowest in 2018 at 56.8%. Overall it rose from 76.0% in 2009 to 77.2% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 18.8% to 18.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 17.1% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 4.6%.

Commute Start Times in McPherson County

  • Night OwlThe latest start among Nebraska's 93 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:10 AM.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Nebraska's 93 counties: the typical start is 33 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McPherson County?

The bars show when commuters in McPherson 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
0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
0.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
1.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
2.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
24.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
30.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
0.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
11.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
11.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in McPherson County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 30.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 0.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 67.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.9%) 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 McPherson 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 McPherson 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 McPherson 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 McPherson County Nebraska United States
2009 7:38 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:38 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:35 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:16 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:34 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:43 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:44 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:57 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:00 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:10 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McPherson County were on the road by 8:10 AM, 33 minutes later than in 2009 (7:38 AM). That goes against the trend across Nebraska, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in McPherson County now leave 32 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in McPherson County has moved 37 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for McPherson County in the whole series.

How does McPherson County's commute time compare?

Metric McPherson County Nebraska US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.0 min 17.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 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 18.1% 11.1% 15.0%
Walked 4.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in McPherson County is 13.0 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 4.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

McPherson County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

McPherson County, NE is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 475 residents against a local median of 647. McPherson County, NE's work from home, at 18.1%, runs 71% above the 10.6% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.0 min against a local median of 10.9 min, 18% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 18% above the local median it puts McPherson County, NE at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 8.7% on work from home, so McPherson County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. McPherson County, NE has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
McPherson County, NE 475 13.0 min #5/6 18.1% #1/6 8:10 AM #6/6
Hooker County, NE 647 7.4 min 10.6% 7:32 AM
Logan County, NE 773 13.7 min 12.3% 7:22 AM
Lincoln County, NE 33,802 12.7 min 3.6% 7:48 AM
Thomas County, NE 564 10.9 min 11.7% 7:37 AM
Arthur County, NE 484 8.2 min 10.1% 7:21 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in McPherson County, Nebraska.

Is living in McPherson County, Nebraska good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 108 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,346 at a typical national wage. That's 24% less than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in McPherson County, Nebraska?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in McPherson 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.

Do people use public transit in McPherson 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 much money can remote workers save in McPherson County, Nebraska?

About 18.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in McPherson County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,338 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Which counties in Nebraska have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).