ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pierce County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 82.3% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone82.3%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 Pierce County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.5 min → 19.9 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 8.0%▼ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 82.3%▲ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pierce County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone82.3% ±3.7 pp
Carpool6.1% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,626 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pierce County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% 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.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pierce County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,626 workers age 16+, including 3,337 workers with reported travel time and 289 home workers.

Population estimate7,325± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,626± 139 MOE
Workers with travel time3,337± 163 MOE
Estimated home workers289± 76 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 Pierce 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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