Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310472024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dawson County, Nebraska
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.5 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home2.4%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Dawson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.3 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 Dawson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,480 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dawson 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dawson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,480 workers age 16+, including 12,175 workers with reported travel time and 305 home workers.
Population estimate24,202± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,480± 380 MOE
Workers with travel time12,175± 385 MOE
Estimated home workers305± 118 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 Dawson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.