Platte County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Platte County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Platte County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 103 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Platte County holds about 1.8% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 1.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Platte County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,274 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)
Platte County	12.3 min	24.7 min	103 hrs/yr	$3,186	735
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 12.3 minutes to get to work in Platte County. That's 45% 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 5.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Platte County

• Car: 89.4%
• Worked at Home: 5.3%
• Walked: 3.0%
• Other: 1.7%
• Motorcycle: 0.3% unusually high
• Bicycle: 0.3%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Platte County: 3.1 times more than the Nebraska average (0.3% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Platte County: 16.6 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Platte County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Platte 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
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• Motorcycle
• Bicycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	90.8%	5.6%	2.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	90.9%	4.5%	3.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	92.1%	3.9%	3.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	92.5%	3.3%	3.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	91.9%	3.1%	4.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.9%	3.5%	3.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.8%	3.7%	3.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.4%	3.7%	4.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.6%	3.5%	3.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	91.9%	4.1%	3.0%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	91.9%	3.8%	3.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	90.2%	4.7%	3.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	89.8%	5.0%	3.3%	1.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	89.0%	5.3%	3.5%	1.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	90.3%	4.9%	3.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.4%	5.3%	3.0%	1.7%	0.3%	0.3%	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 2012 at 92.5% and lowest in 2022 at 89.0%. Overall it fell from 90.8% in 2009 to 89.4% in 2024, down 1.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking peaked at 4.1% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 3.0%.

Commute Start Times in Platte County

• 😴 Sleeping InThe 3rd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Nebraska's 93 counties: 28.9% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Platte County?

The bars show when commuters in Platte 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 Platte County6.9% Nebraska4.3%	6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Platte County4.3% Nebraska3.2%	4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Platte County6.4% Nebraska5.1%	6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Platte County6.2% Nebraska7.7%	6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Platte County9.1% Nebraska10.5%	9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Platte County13.4% Nebraska15.5%	13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Platte County14.8% Nebraska16.7%	14.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Platte County7.6% Nebraska10.5%	7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Platte County2.5% Nebraska4.4%	2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Platte County2.8% Nebraska4.8%	2.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Platte County1.8% Nebraska2.4%	1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Platte County1.9% Nebraska1.4%	1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Platte County11.5% Nebraska7.1%	11.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Platte County11.0% Nebraska6.5%	11.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Platte County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Nebraska: 44.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.9%) 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 Platte 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 Platte 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 Platte 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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• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Platte County	Nebraska	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:31 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Platte County were on the road by 7:38 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Nebraska, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Platte County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Platte County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Platte County's commute time compare?

Metric	Platte County	Nebraska	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.3 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	5.3%	11.1%	15.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Platte County is 12.3 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 3.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau