What is the average commute in Box Butte County, Nebraska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 11.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Box Butte County, Nebraska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Box Butte County, Nebraska

Name: Commute estimates for Box Butte County, Nebraska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.3 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 83.1% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.3 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home6.1%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone83.1%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Box Butte County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute10.3 min → 11.3 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 6.1%▼ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 83.1%▲ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Box Butte County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone83.1% ±3.8 pp

Carpool9.2% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,080 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Box Butte County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

6^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Box Butte County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,080 workers age 16+, including 4,768 workers with reported travel time and 312 home workers.

Population estimate10,714± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,080± 366 MOE

Workers with travel time4,768± 352 MOE

Estimated home workers312± 152 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 Box Butte 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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