ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Buffalo County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone81.3%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute16.6 min → 16.0 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 4.7%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 81.3%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.3% ±1.4 pp
Carpool10.5% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 27,391 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 25k–100k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate50,579± — MOE
Workers age 16+27,391± 548 MOE
Workers with travel time26,109± 519 MOE
Estimated home workers1,282± 335 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.