What is the average commute in Kearney County, Nebraska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Kearney County, Nebraska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · NE · GEOID 310992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kearney County, Nebraska

Name: Commute estimates for Kearney County, Nebraska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 80.9% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.0%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone80.9%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.7%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 Kearney County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.4 min → 21.3 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 8.0%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 80.9%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kearney County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone80.9% ±3.5 pp

Carpool8.5% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home8.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,573 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kearney County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

32^thMean commute percentile

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

57^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kearney County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,573 workers age 16+, including 3,288 workers with reported travel time and 285 home workers.

Population estimate6,713± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,573± 127 MOE

Workers with travel time3,288± 150 MOE

Estimated home workers285± 106 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 Nebraska commute records for Kearney County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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