Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 261032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Marquette County, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.0 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Marquette County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 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 Marquette County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 31,471 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Marquette County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Marquette County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 31,471 workers age 16+, including 29,116 workers with reported travel time and 2,355 home workers.
Population estimate67,112± — MOE
Workers age 16+31,471± 609 MOE
Workers with travel time29,116± 646 MOE
Estimated home workers2,355± 288 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 Marquette County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.