ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 commute19.4 min → 19.0 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 11.6%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 74.2%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±0.9 pp
Carpool8.4% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.6% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 173,735 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate326,696± — MOE
Workers age 16+173,735± 1,787 MOE
Workers with travel time153,592± 2,164 MOE
Estimated home workers20,143± 1,374 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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