ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31226402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Holdrege, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.4 min one way; 4.3% worked from home, 85.2% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone85.2%±5.4 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 Holdrege city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.3 min → 13.4 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.4% → 4.3%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 85.2%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Holdrege city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.3% worked from home.

Drive alone85.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool5.8% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.7% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 2,836 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Holdrege city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; 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 places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Holdrege city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,836 workers age 16+, including 2,713 workers with reported travel time and 123 home workers.

Population estimate5,546± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,836± 144 MOE
Workers with travel time2,713± 156 MOE
Estimated home workers123± 70 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 Holdrege city

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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