ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31214152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hastings, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.8 min one way; 3.9% worked from home, 82.3% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.8 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 Hastings city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 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 commute16.1 min → 13.8 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 3.9%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.0% → 82.3%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hastings city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 3.9% worked from home.

Drive alone82.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk3.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home3.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 12,668 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hastings city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

13thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hastings city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,668 workers age 16+, including 12,171 workers with reported travel time and 497 home workers.

Population estimate25,008± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+12,668± 396 MOE
Workers with travel time12,171± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers497± 175 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 Hastings city

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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