ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NE · GEOID 311812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Webster County, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Webster County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 22.9 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 4.6%▼ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 79.4%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Webster County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.

Drive alone79.4% ±4.2 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home4.6% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 1,731 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Webster County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

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

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Webster County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,731 workers age 16+, including 1,651 workers with reported travel time and 80 home workers.

Population estimate3,360± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,731± 69 MOE
Workers with travel time1,651± 77 MOE
Estimated home workers80± 25 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 Webster 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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