ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute20.2 min → 20.5 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 11.5%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 77.8%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.8% ±1.1 pp
Carpool7.1% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.5% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 101,651 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate192,826± — MOE
Workers age 16+101,651± 1,139 MOE
Workers with travel time89,927± 1,372 MOE
Estimated home workers11,724± 796 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.