ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31358752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Offutt AFB, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.5%±4.7 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 Offutt AFB CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.7 min → 18.3 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 5.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 81.5%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Offutt AFB CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±4.7 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.3% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,040 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Offutt AFB CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Offutt AFB CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,040 workers age 16+, including 2,879 workers with reported travel time and 161 home workers.

Population estimate6,074± 498 MOE
Workers age 16+3,040± 319 MOE
Workers with travel time2,879± 322 MOE
Estimated home workers161± 62 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 Offutt AFB CDP

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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