What is the average commute in Saline County, Nebraska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Saline County, Nebraska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saline County, Nebraska

Name: Commute estimates for Saline County, Nebraska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Saline County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 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.

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 Saline County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

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

How Saline County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33^thMean commute percentile

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

20^thWork-from-home percentile

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

43^thTransit percentile

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

11^th60+ 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 Saline County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,427 workers age 16+, including 7,093 workers with reported travel time and 334 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Nebraska commute records for Saline 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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