What is the average commute in Sidney city, Nebraska?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sidney city, Nebraska work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NE · GEOID 31452952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sidney, Nebraska

Name: Commute estimates for Sidney city, Nebraska
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 0.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.8%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.3%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 Sidney city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.3 min → 13.3 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 8.8%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 75.6%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sidney city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±6.7 pp

Carpool9.7% ±4.4 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk5.1% ±3.5 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home8.8% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 3,234 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sidney 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.

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sidney city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,234 workers age 16+, including 2,948 workers with reported travel time and 286 home workers.

Population estimate6,419± 71 MOE

Workers age 16+3,234± 202 MOE

Workers with travel time2,948± 234 MOE

Estimated home workers286± 138 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 Sidney city

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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