ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Douglas County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.1%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 commute19.7 min → 20.0 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 16.1%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.8%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 71.6%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.6% ±0.8 pp
Carpool8.4% ±0.5 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home16.1% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 304,027 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

26thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate590,736± — MOE
Workers age 16+304,027± 2,191 MOE
Workers with travel time255,035± 2,650 MOE
Estimated home workers48,992± 1,943 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 nearby records

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