What is the average commute in Butler County, Nebraska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 310232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Butler County, Nebraska

Name: Commute estimates for Butler County, Nebraska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone79.4%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Butler County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.6 min → 24.2 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 8.7%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 79.4%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Butler County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±4.0 pp

Carpool7.5% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.9% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 4,262 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Butler County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 49th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

49^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

35^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Butler County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,262 workers age 16+, including 3,891 workers with reported travel time and 371 home workers.

Population estimate8,424± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,262± 180 MOE

Workers with travel time3,891± 203 MOE

Estimated home workers371± 114 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 Butler 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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