ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Knox County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute19.1 min → 19.5 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 9.9%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 77.5%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±2.5 pp
Carpool8.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 3,876 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,363± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,876± 129 MOE
Workers with travel time3,494± 135 MOE
Estimated home workers382± 97 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.