ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Boone County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.8 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 72.3% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.8 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Boone County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute17.0 min → 17.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 10.0%▲ 2.4 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 72.3%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Boone County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.3% ±4.2 pp
Carpool13.4% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 2,574 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Boone County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Boone County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,574 workers age 16+, including 2,317 workers with reported travel time and 257 home workers.

Population estimate5,356± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,574± 115 MOE
Workers with travel time2,317± 123 MOE
Estimated home workers257± 65 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Nebraska commute records for Boone County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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