What is the average commute in Ingham County, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ingham County, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 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.

COUNTY · MI · GEOID 260652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ingham County, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Ingham County, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 17.3% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home17.3%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone66.1%±1.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Ingham County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 20.5 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 17.3%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.0% → 66.1%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ingham County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 2.4% used public transit and 17.3% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±1.2 pp

Carpool8.0% ±0.7 pp

Public transit2.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk4.1% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle1.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home17.3% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 138,634 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ingham County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ingham County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 138,634 workers age 16+, including 114,593 workers with reported travel time and 24,041 home workers.

Population estimate283,913± — MOE

Workers age 16+138,634± 1,781 MOE

Workers with travel time114,593± 1,959 MOE

Estimated home workers24,041± 1,292 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 Ingham 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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