ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Door County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 16.9 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 13.4%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 75.2%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±2.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.4% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 14,391 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

0th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,445± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,391± 366 MOE
Workers with travel time12,469± 462 MOE
Estimated home workers1,922± 298 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.