Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 260932024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Livingston County, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.6 min one way; 16.7% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.6 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Livingston County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Livingston County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 16.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 98,084 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Livingston County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Livingston County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 98,084 workers age 16+, including 81,699 workers with reported travel time and 16,385 home workers.
Population estimate195,833± — MOE
Workers age 16+98,084± 1,289 MOE
Workers with travel time81,699± 1,482 MOE
Estimated home workers16,385± 893 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
All Michigan reports →Comparable Michigan commute records for Livingston County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.