ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NE · GEOID 31460302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Sioux City, Nebraska

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.2 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 0.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.2 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.5%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 South Sioux City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.4 min → 12.2 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 4.7%▼ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.8%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 72.9%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How South Sioux City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 0.8% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±5.2 pp
Carpool16.1% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±1.3 pp
Work from home4.7% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 6,693 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How South Sioux City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ 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 South Sioux City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,693 workers age 16+, including 6,377 workers with reported travel time and 316 home workers.

Population estimate13,907± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+6,693± 401 MOE
Workers with travel time6,377± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers316± 123 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 South Sioux City 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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