Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31350002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Platte, Nebraska
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 86.7% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip13.3 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home2.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone86.7%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 North Platte city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How North Platte city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 11,053 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Platte 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.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Platte city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 11,053 workers age 16+, including 10,792 workers with reported travel time and 261 home workers.
Population estimate22,831± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+11,053± 594 MOE
Workers with travel time10,792± 624 MOE
Estimated home workers261± 108 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
All Nebraska reports →Comparable Nebraska commute records for North Platte city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.