Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550792024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 14.4% worked from home, 68.9% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.2 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.9%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Milwaukee County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 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 Milwaukee County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.9%; 3.4% used public transit and 14.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 446,476 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Milwaukee County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 12th 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 88% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Milwaukee County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 446,476 workers age 16+, including 382,029 workers with reported travel time and 64,447 home workers.
Population estimate926,331± — MOE
Workers age 16+446,476± 3,028 MOE
Workers with travel time382,029± 3,373 MOE
Estimated home workers64,447± 1,798 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 Milwaukee County
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.