What is the average commute in Iron County, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 260712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Iron County, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Iron County, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.6%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone76.5%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.9%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 Iron County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.0 min → 20.0 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 11.6%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 76.5%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Iron County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±2.8 pp

Carpool6.6% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.0% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,361 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Iron County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Iron County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,361 workers age 16+, including 3,856 workers with reported travel time and 505 home workers.

Population estimate11,667± — MOE

Workers age 16+4,361± 209 MOE

Workers with travel time3,856± 193 MOE

Estimated home workers505± 102 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 Iron 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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