ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 260332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chippewa County, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 Chippewa County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.6 min → 17.4 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 6.5%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.8%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 76.8%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chippewa County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.8% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone76.8% ±1.9 pp
Carpool9.3% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±0.9 pp
Work from home6.5% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 15,076 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chippewa County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

88thTransit percentile

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

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chippewa County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,076 workers age 16+, including 14,102 workers with reported travel time and 974 home workers.

Population estimate36,295± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,076± 413 MOE
Workers with travel time14,102± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers974± 174 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 Michigan commute records for Chippewa County

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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