ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31382952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Papillion, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 15.0% worked from home, 77.7% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Papillion city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 23.0 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.6% → 15.0%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 77.7%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Papillion city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 15.0% worked from home.

Drive alone77.7% ±2.7 pp
Carpool5.8% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 13,699 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Papillion city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Papillion city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,699 workers age 16+, including 11,649 workers with reported travel time and 2,050 home workers.

Population estimate25,244± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+13,699± 591 MOE
Workers with travel time11,649± 586 MOE
Estimated home workers2,050± 280 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 Papillion city

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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