Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MI · GEOID 261392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ottawa County, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.1 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.1 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 Ottawa County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 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 Ottawa County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 152,829 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ottawa County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 13th 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 lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ottawa County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 152,829 workers age 16+, including 137,120 workers with reported travel time and 15,709 home workers.
Population estimate301,203± — MOE
Workers age 16+152,829± 1,922 MOE
Workers with travel time137,120± 2,120 MOE
Estimated home workers15,709± 994 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 Ottawa County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.