Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550732024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Marathon County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.1 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 Marathon 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 +3.8 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 Marathon County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 71,122 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Marathon County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 100k–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 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Marathon County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 71,122 workers age 16+, including 61,927 workers with reported travel time and 9,195 home workers.
Population estimate138,403± — MOE
Workers age 16+71,122± 863 MOE
Workers with travel time61,927± 1,140 MOE
Estimated home workers9,195± 650 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 Marathon County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.