Counties in Nebraska by mean travel time to work
Banner County had the highest mean travel time to work of 80 counties in 2021, at 30.4 minutes. Box Butte County had the lowest, at 10.3 minutes. The median was 18.6 minutes and the figure for Nebraska was 19.1 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banner County Estimated | 30.4 |
| 2 | Cass County Estimated | 28.7 |
| 3 | Howard County Estimated | 26.7 |
| 4 | Saunders County Estimated | 25.3 |
| 5 | Burt County Estimated | 24.6 |
| 5 | Otoe County Estimated | 24.6 |
| 7 | Nance County Estimated | 24.3 |
| 8 | Sherman County Estimated | 24.1 |
| 9 | Pawnee County Estimated | 23.7 |
| 10 | Butler County Estimated | 23.6 |
| 11 | Boyd County Estimated | 23.3 |
| 12 | Washington County Estimated | 23.1 |
| 13 | Hitchcock County Estimated | 23 |
| 14 | Morrill County Estimated | 22.9 |
| 15 | Harlan County Estimated | 22.5 |
| 16 | Polk County Estimated | 22.2 |
| 17 | Gosper County Estimated | 22 |
| 17 | Johnson County Estimated | 22 |
| 19 | Clay County Estimated | 21.9 |
| 19 | Deuel County Estimated | 21.9 |
| 19 | Franklin County Estimated | 21.9 |
| 19 | Saline County Estimated | 21.9 |
| 19 | Stanton County Estimated | 21.9 |
| 24 | Pierce County Estimated | 21.5 |
| 25 | Dixon County Estimated | 21.4 |
| 26 | Hamilton County Estimated | 21.3 |
| 27 | Gage County Estimated | 21.2 |
| 28 | Sarpy County Estimated | 21 |
| 29 | Merrick County Estimated | 20.6 |
| 29 | Seward County Estimated | 20.6 |
| 31 | Webster County Estimated | 20.2 |
| 32 | Greeley County Estimated | 19.8 |
| 32 | Sioux County Estimated | 19.8 |
| 34 | Douglas County Estimated | 19.7 |
| 35 | Frontier County Estimated | 19.5 |
| 36 | Lancaster County Estimated | 19.4 |
| 36 | Thurston County Estimated | 19.4 |
| 38 | Cedar County Estimated | 19.2 |
| 39 | Knox County Estimated | 19.1 |
| 40 | Dodge County Estimated | 18.8 |
| 41 | Kearney County Estimated | 18.4 |
| 42 | Colfax County Estimated | 18.1 |
| 42 | Hall County Estimated | 18.1 |
| 44 | Dawson County Estimated | 18 |
| 45 | Antelope County Estimated | 17.9 |
| 46 | Jefferson County Estimated | 17.8 |
| 47 | Cuming County Estimated | 17.3 |
| 48 | Adams County Estimated | 17.2 |
| 48 | Hayes County Estimated | 17.2 |
| 50 | Fillmore County Estimated | 17.1 |
| 51 | Boone County Estimated | 17 |
| 52 | Nemaha County Estimated | 16.9 |
| 53 | Wayne County Estimated | 16.7 |
| 54 | Buffalo County Estimated | 16.6 |
| 54 | Sheridan County Estimated | 16.6 |
| 56 | Richardson County Estimated | 16.4 |
| 57 | Keya Paha County Estimated | 16.3 |
| 57 | Nuckolls County Estimated | 16.3 |
| 59 | Custer County Estimated | 16.2 |
| 60 | Valley County Estimated | 15.9 |
| 61 | Kimball County Estimated | 15.5 |
| 61 | York County Estimated | 15.5 |
| 63 | Dakota County Estimated | 15.3 |
| 64 | Lincoln County Estimated | 15.1 |
| 65 | Cheyenne County Estimated | 15 |
| 66 | Furnas County Estimated | 14.7 |
| 66 | Phelps County Estimated | 14.7 |
| 68 | Holt County Estimated | 14.3 |
| 69 | Madison County Estimated | 14.2 |
| 69 | Red Willow County Estimated | 14.2 |
| 69 | Thayer County Estimated | 14.2 |
| 72 | Perkins County Estimated | 14 |
| 72 | Platte County Estimated | 14 |
| 74 | Rock County Estimated | 13.9 |
| 75 | Keith County Estimated | 13.8 |
| 76 | Dawes County Estimated | 13.5 |
| 77 | Chase County Estimated | 13.4 |
| 77 | Scotts Bluff County Estimated | 13.4 |
| 79 | Cherry County Estimated | 12.3 |
| 80 | Box Butte County Estimated | 10.3 |
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About this ranking
Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.
ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 5 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
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Questions
Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?
Banner County, with 30.4 minutes in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?
Box Butte County, with 10.3 minutes in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 5 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.
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