ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gage County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone84.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute21.2 min → 21.2 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 5.5%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 84.2%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.2% ±2.1 pp
Carpool7.1% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.3% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.5% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 10,565 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.

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% 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.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,629± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,565± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time9,981± 426 MOE
Estimated home workers584± 131 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.