ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brown County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip11.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute10.0 min → 11.9 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 8.6%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 70.9%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±6.1 pp
Carpool13.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk7.0% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home8.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 1,406 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% 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.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate2,869± 111 MOE
Workers age 16+1,406± 108 MOE
Workers with travel time1,285± 105 MOE
Estimated home workers121± 53 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.