ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.5 min → 24.1 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 10.2%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 78.5%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.5% ±2.2 pp
Carpool7.8% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 10,494 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,664± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,494± 288 MOE
Workers with travel time9,423± 324 MOE
Estimated home workers1,071± 151 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.