What is the average commute in Burnett County, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 550132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burnett County, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Burnett County, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 13.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home11.8%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.4%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 Burnett County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.3 min → 28.3 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 11.8%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.1%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 75.6%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Burnett County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 1.1% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±1.4 pp

Carpool7.0% ±1.0 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.8 pp

Walk3.3% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.8% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 6,886 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Burnett County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Burnett County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,886 workers age 16+, including 6,076 workers with reported travel time and 810 home workers.

Population estimate16,916± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,886± 196 MOE

Workers with travel time6,076± 178 MOE

Estimated home workers810± 88 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 Burnett 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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