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Commute Time Burden in Stanton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Stanton County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Nebraska average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.

Stanton County holds about 0.3% of Nebraska's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Stanton County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,935 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)
Stanton County 18.7 min 37.5 min 156 hrs/yr $4,837 776
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

Stanton County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in Stanton County. That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 82% of counties in Nebraska

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 7.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Stanton County

  • Car: 90.4%
  • Worked at Home: 7.7%
  • Walked: 1.1%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • 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 Stanton County, versus 0.1% in Nebraska.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Stanton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Stanton 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 88.5% 5.8% 4.0% 0.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 89.0% 6.5% 2.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 89.5% 7.3% 2.4% 0.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 90.8% 7.0% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 90.0% 7.0% 2.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 88.5% 7.4% 3.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2015 89.5% 6.3% 3.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2016 89.7% 5.6% 3.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5%
2017 89.8% 6.7% 2.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2018 91.8% 5.5% 2.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2019 91.3% 6.4% 2.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2020 90.0% 8.8% 1.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 89.9% 9.3% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 88.9% 10.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.6% 9.7% 1.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.4% 7.7% 1.1% 0.8% 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 peaked in 2018 at 91.8%. Overall it rose from 88.5% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, up 1.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Stanton County: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2024, up 1.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.0% to 1.1% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 10.0% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 7.7%.

Commute Start Times in Stanton County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stanton County?

The bars show when commuters in Stanton 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
6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
18.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
18.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Stanton County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.7% across Nebraska. Early starts are more common than in Nebraska: 19.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Nebraska's: 52.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 53.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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 Stanton County Nebraska United States
2009 7:33 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:30 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:32 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:30 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:25 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:34 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:24 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Stanton County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nebraska, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Stanton County now leave 15 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 Stanton County has moved 9 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Stanton County in the whole series.

How does Stanton County's commute time compare?

Metric Stanton County Nebraska US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.7 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 7.7% 11.1% 15.0%
Walked 1.1% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Stanton County is 18.7 minutes, longer than the 17.0 minutes in Nebraska.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in Nebraska. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Nebraska.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Stanton County, NE Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Stanton County, NE is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,796 residents against a local median of 10,641. Stanton County, NE's one-way commute, at 18.7 min, runs 53% above the 12.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.7% against a local median of 5.6%, 37% above it. The counties themselves sit within 3.1 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Stanton County, NE, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Stanton County, NE has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Stanton County, NE 5,796 18.7 min #6/6 7.7% #2/6 7:23 AM #1/6
Wayne County, NE 9,844 10.7 min 14.0% 7:30 AM
Colfax County, NE 10,641 13.8 min 3.6% 7:43 AM
Cuming County, NE 8,975 12.2 min 7.3% 7:28 AM
Madison County, NE 35,532 11.8 min 5.6% 7:37 AM
Platte County, NE 34,716 12.3 min 5.3% 7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Stanton County, Nebraska.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Stanton County, Nebraska?

Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,837 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Nebraska commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Stanton County, Nebraska?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Stanton 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 Stanton 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.

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).