Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 261252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Oakland County, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 20.2% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.8 min±0.3 min MOE
Worked from home20.2%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±0.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Oakland 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 +8.0 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 Oakland County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.3% used public transit and 20.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 651,199 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Oakland County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Oakland County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 651,199 workers age 16+, including 519,483 workers with reported travel time and 131,716 home workers.
Population estimate1,279,825± — MOE
Workers age 16+651,199± 3,600 MOE
Workers with travel time519,483± 3,708 MOE
Estimated home workers131,716± 2,701 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 Oakland County
These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.