Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 550932024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Pierce County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 12.8% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.8 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 Pierce 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 +3.6 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 Pierce County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 22,371 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Pierce County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Pierce County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 22,371 workers age 16+, including 19,514 workers with reported travel time and 2,857 home workers.
Population estimate42,584± — MOE
Workers age 16+22,371± 494 MOE
Workers with travel time19,514± 548 MOE
Estimated home workers2,857± 320 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 Pierce County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.