Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310432024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dakota County, Nebraska
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.9 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 0.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip13.9 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.7%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 Dakota County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Dakota County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 10,402 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dakota County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dakota County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 10,402 workers age 16+, including 9,891 workers with reported travel time and 511 home workers.
Population estimate21,354± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,402± 396 MOE
Workers with travel time9,891± 443 MOE
Estimated home workers511± 143 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
All Nebraska reports →Comparable Nebraska commute records for Dakota County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.