Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311112024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lincoln County, Nebraska
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.4 min one way; 3.6% worked from home, 85.8% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.4 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone85.8%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Lincoln County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lincoln County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.8%; 0.6% used public transit and 3.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,414 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lincoln County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lincoln County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,414 workers age 16+, including 15,827 workers with reported travel time and 587 home workers.
Population estimate33,802± — MOE
Workers age 16+16,414± 537 MOE
Workers with travel time15,827± 574 MOE
Estimated home workers587± 148 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
All Nebraska reports →Comparable Nebraska commute records for Lincoln County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.