ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Colfax County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 3.6% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Colfax County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.1 min → 17.4 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 3.6%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 77.0%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Colfax County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.0% ±5.5 pp
Carpool13.3% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.9% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.6% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 5,310 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Colfax County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% 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.

9th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Colfax County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,310 workers age 16+, including 5,119 workers with reported travel time and 191 home workers.

Population estimate10,641± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,310± 266 MOE
Workers with travel time5,119± 268 MOE
Estimated home workers191± 63 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 Colfax 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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