ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31269102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lexington, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip16.1 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home0.5%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.0 min → 16.1 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 0.5%▼ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 73.0%▲ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±5.2 pp
Carpool23.0% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.9 pp
Work from home0.5% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 5,114 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

0thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 100% 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.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,862± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+5,114± 322 MOE
Workers with travel time5,088± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers26± 32 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.