Commuting in Sheridan County, Nebraska: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Sheridan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Sheridan County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 92 hours, about 3.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% less time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.9 minutes.
Sheridan County holds about 0.3% of Nebraska's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Sheridan County would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,146 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)
Sheridan County
11.1 min
22.2 min
92 hrs/yr
$2,866
148
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.
On average, it takes
11.1
minutes to get to work in
Sheridan County.
That's 50% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 75% of counties in Nebraska
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Sheridan County
Car:
78.0%
Worked at Home:
14.3%
Walked:
5.9%
Other:
1.7%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Sheridan County: 18130170.6 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Sheridan County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.
Biking is unusually rare in Sheridan County: 276477563.4 times less than the Nebraska average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Sheridan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Sheridan 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
81.2%
9.2%
8.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2010
79.1%
10.8%
9.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2011
80.2%
11.6%
7.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2012
81.6%
9.5%
8.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
80.7%
7.6%
10.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2014
80.7%
8.1%
9.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
81.8%
6.9%
9.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2016
81.6%
6.6%
10.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.8%
2017
81.2%
6.6%
10.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.8%
2018
83.4%
7.9%
7.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2019
83.6%
8.1%
6.7%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2020
82.7%
9.0%
6.4%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2021
84.0%
7.5%
6.1%
1.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2022
85.4%
9.2%
3.4%
1.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
83.8%
9.8%
4.5%
1.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
78.0%
14.3%
5.9%
1.7%
0.3%
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 peaked in 2022 at 85.4%. Overall it fell from 81.2% in 2009 to 78.0% in 2024, down 3.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Sheridan County: its share of workers rose from 9.2% in 2009 to 14.3% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 8.8% to 5.9% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Sheridan County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sheridan County?
The bars show when commuters in Sheridan 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 AMSheridan County2.3%Nebraska4.3%
2.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSheridan County4.3%Nebraska3.2%
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSheridan County3.7%Nebraska5.1%
3.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSheridan County14.4%Nebraska7.7%
14.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSheridan County9.0%Nebraska10.5%
9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSheridan County25.7%Nebraska15.5%
25.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSheridan County18.7%Nebraska16.7%
18.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSheridan County7.4%Nebraska10.5%
7.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSheridan County3.1%Nebraska4.4%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSheridan County2.2%Nebraska4.8%
2.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSheridan County2.8%Nebraska2.4%
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSheridan County0.9%Nebraska1.4%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSheridan County3.8%Nebraska7.1%
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSheridan County1.6%Nebraska6.5%
1.6%
Sheridan CountyNebraskaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Sheridan County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 25.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across Nebraska. Early starts are less common than in Nebraska: 10.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Nebraska: 60.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 9 commuters (11.4%) 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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
Sheridan County
Nebraska
United States
2009
7:28 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Sheridan County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sheridan County now leave 19 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 Sheridan County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Sheridan County in the whole series.
How does Sheridan County's commute time compare?
Metric
Sheridan County
Nebraska
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
11.1 min
17.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
14.3%
11.1%
15.0%
Walked
5.9%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Sheridan County is 11.1 minutes, shorter than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 5.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Nebraska.
Sheridan County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Sheridan County, NE is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,014 residents against a local median of 8,140. The measure that sets Sheridan County, NE apart most is work from home: 14.3%, 85% above the local median of 7.7%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 11.1 min against a local median of 8.6 min, 29% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 29% above the local median it puts Sheridan County, NE at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 11.0% on work from home, so Sheridan County, NE sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sheridan County, NE has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Sheridan County, Nebraska?
Commuters here spend an estimated 92 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,866 at a typical national wage. That's 35% less than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Sheridan County, Nebraska?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Sheridan County, Nebraska. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across counties in Nebraska?
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).