ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dakota County, Nebraska

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute15.3 min → 13.9 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 4.9%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 75.3%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±4.0 pp
Carpool15.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.9 pp
Work from home4.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 10,402 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.