Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dane County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 20.0% worked from home, 63.8% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.6 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home20.0%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone63.8%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 Dane County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 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 Dane County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.8%; 2.9% used public transit and 20.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 320,244 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dane County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dane County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 320,244 workers age 16+, including 256,100 workers with reported travel time and 64,144 home workers.
Population estimate572,674± — MOE
Workers age 16+320,244± 2,561 MOE
Workers with travel time256,100± 3,360 MOE
Estimated home workers64,144± 2,037 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 Dane County
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.