What is the average commute in Buffalo County, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Buffalo County, Wisconsin work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Buffalo County, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home10.0%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±1.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Buffalo County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 26.5 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 10.0%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 79.5%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Buffalo County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±1.9 pp

Carpool5.6% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk3.2% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home10.0% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 6,683 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Buffalo County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Buffalo County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,683 workers age 16+, including 6,013 workers with reported travel time and 670 home workers.

Population estimate13,393± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,683± 167 MOE

Workers with travel time6,013± 183 MOE

Estimated home workers670± 74 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

Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Buffalo County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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