See what the average commute is in Clay County, NE

American commutes are getting longer, with a U.S. Census Bureau report released in 2021 revealing the average one-way commute in 2019 reached a record high of 27.6 minutes. Combined with high gas prices, workers' daily commutes are increasingly time-consuming and expensive—so much so that some are calling for commutes to count as part of the workday.

Even worse are travel times for "super commuters"—that unlucky 10% of Americans traveling more than one hour each way to punch a clock.

Stacker compiled statistics about the average commute in Clay County using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics are calculated based on 2020 5-year estimates. Clay County has a longer commute than all of its five neighboring counties, with Nuckolls County, NE having the shortest commute at 16.1 minutes.

Clay County commuting by the numbers
- Average commute: 20.0 minutes
--- 5.7% higher than state average
--- #31 worst commute in the state
- Workers with 1+ hour commute: 3.5%
- Workers who drive to work: 88.2%
--- Workers who carpool to work: 9.0%
- Workers who take public transport to work: 0.2%
- Workers who work from home: 8.0%
- Left for work between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.: 13.2%
- Worked outside county of residence: 43.5%

Commutes in neighboring counties
#1. Nuckolls County, NE: 16.1 minutes
#1. York County, NE: 16.1 minutes
#3. Fillmore County, NE: 16.9 minutes
#4. Hamilton County, NE: 18.9 minutes
#5. Webster County, NE: 19.6 minutes
#6. Clay County, NE: 20.0 minutes

Counties with the best commute in Nebraska
#1. Box Butte County: 9.9 minutes
#2. Brown County: 10.8 minutes
#3. Chase County: 12.0 minutes

Counties with the worst commute in Nebraska
#1. Loup County: 31.3 minutes
#2. Cass County: 28.5 minutes
#3. Howard County: 27.4 minutes