ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crawford County, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.0%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 Crawford County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 23.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 6.9%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.0%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 77.1%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crawford County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 1.0% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone77.1% ±2.1 pp
Carpool10.3% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 6,795 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crawford County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crawford County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,795 workers age 16+, including 6,326 workers with reported travel time and 469 home workers.

Population estimate16,042± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,795± 224 MOE
Workers with travel time6,326± 220 MOE
Estimated home workers469± 99 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 Crawford 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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