ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 260952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Luce County, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.2 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 74.4% drove alone, and 12.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.2 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.4%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 Luce County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.9 min → 18.2 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.6%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 74.4%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Luce County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.4% ±5.5 pp
Carpool13.2% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home7.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 1,987 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Luce County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Luce County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,987 workers age 16+, including 1,836 workers with reported travel time and 151 home workers.

Population estimate6,271± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,987± 128 MOE
Workers with travel time1,836± 123 MOE
Estimated home workers151± 61 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 Luce 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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