Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311412024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Platte County, Nebraska
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.1 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.1 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Platte County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 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 Platte County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 17,712 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Platte County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 3th 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 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Platte County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 17,712 workers age 16+, including 16,781 workers with reported travel time and 931 home workers.
Population estimate34,716± — MOE
Workers age 16+17,712± 467 MOE
Workers with travel time16,781± 491 MOE
Estimated home workers931± 212 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 Platte County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.