Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Barron County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 6.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.9 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 Barron County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 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 Barron County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 22,506 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Barron County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 22th 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 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Barron County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 22,506 workers age 16+, including 20,582 workers with reported travel time and 1,924 home workers.
Population estimate46,797± — MOE
Workers age 16+22,506± 435 MOE
Workers with travel time20,582± 467 MOE
Estimated home workers1,924± 208 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 Wisconsin reports →Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Barron County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.