How long is the commute in Lincoln?

Average travel time to work in Lincoln, NE, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Lincoln gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 16.5 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 75.7
• Carpooled: 8.6
• Transit: 0.9
• Walked: 3.2
• From home: 10

Average commute (minutes)

• Lincoln: 16.5
• Lancaster County: 17
• NE: 17.2
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 10.0% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 6.5 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.1% of workers in 2015 to 10.0% in the latest estimates.