ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cheyenne County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.3%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute15.0 min → 16.3 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 11.3%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 73.5%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±4.8 pp
Carpool10.7% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.9% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,710 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% 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.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,533± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,710± 232 MOE
Workers with travel time4,178± 264 MOE
Estimated home workers532± 157 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.