ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thayer County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.4 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 82.7% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.7%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Thayer 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 +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.2 min → 16.4 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 5.2%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 82.7%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Thayer County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.

Drive alone82.7% ±2.3 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 2,427 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Thayer County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Thayer County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,427 workers age 16+, including 2,301 workers with reported travel time and 126 home workers.

Population estimate4,901± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,427± 96 MOE
Workers with travel time2,301± 96 MOE
Estimated home workers126± 34 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 Thayer 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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