ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saline County, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute21.9 min → 21.5 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 4.5%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 78.6%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±3.6 pp
Carpool12.5% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 7,427 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.

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,650± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,427± 317 MOE
Workers with travel time7,093± 318 MOE
Estimated home workers334± 106 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.