Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 261052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mason County, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±2.5 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 Mason 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 +4.9 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 Mason County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 1.0% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,443 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mason County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 12th 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 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mason County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,443 workers age 16+, including 11,079 workers with reported travel time and 1,364 home workers.
Population estimate29,207± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,443± 341 MOE
Workers with travel time11,079± 368 MOE
Estimated home workers1,364± 185 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 Mason County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.