ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brown County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.6%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute18.6 min → 19.6 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 12.6%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 76.6%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.6% ±1.3 pp
Carpool7.4% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.6% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 140,548 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.

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate270,892± — MOE
Workers age 16+140,548± 1,605 MOE
Workers with travel time122,891± 1,813 MOE
Estimated home workers17,657± 1,040 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.