Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Chippewa County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.2 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Chippewa County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Chippewa County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 32,697 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Chippewa County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 40th 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 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Chippewa County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 32,697 workers age 16+, including 28,871 workers with reported travel time and 3,826 home workers.
Population estimate66,799± — MOE
Workers age 16+32,697± 539 MOE
Workers with travel time28,871± 632 MOE
Estimated home workers3,826± 446 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 Chippewa County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.