ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wayne County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.4 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Wayne County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.7 min → 13.4 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 14.0%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 70.9%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wayne County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±3.0 pp
Carpool5.1% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk9.3% ±3.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.0% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,967 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wayne County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wayne County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,967 workers age 16+, including 4,274 workers with reported travel time and 693 home workers.

Population estimate9,844± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,967± 246 MOE
Workers with travel time4,274± 230 MOE
Estimated home workers693± 189 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 Wayne 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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