ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip17.8 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.6 min → 17.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 9.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 73.9%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±2.8 pp
Carpool7.2% ±1.6 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.7 pp
Walk6.4% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 7,470 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,080± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,470± 254 MOE
Workers with travel time6,747± 262 MOE
Estimated home workers723± 151 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.