ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Langlade County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 commute22.1 min → 23.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 7.5%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 80.9%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±3.2 pp
Carpool7.2% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home7.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 8,729 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.

42thMean commute percentile

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

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% 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.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,490± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,729± 319 MOE
Workers with travel time8,075± 326 MOE
Estimated home workers654± 162 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.