ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31280002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lincoln, Nebraska

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute18.9 min → 18.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 11.4%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 73.9%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±0.9 pp
Carpool8.5% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.4% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 158,053 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate294,856± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+158,053± 1,719 MOE
Workers with travel time139,999± 2,023 MOE
Estimated home workers18,054± 1,224 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 nearby records

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