ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sarpy County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.5%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 Sarpy County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 21.2 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 13.5%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 78.0%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sarpy County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±1.1 pp
Carpool6.9% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home13.5% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 106,573 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sarpy County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

15thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sarpy County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 106,573 workers age 16+, including 92,220 workers with reported travel time and 14,353 home workers.

Population estimate197,389± — MOE
Workers age 16+106,573± 1,156 MOE
Workers with travel time92,220± 1,366 MOE
Estimated home workers14,353± 959 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 Sarpy County

These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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