Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 551032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Richland County, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.4 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.0%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 Richland County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 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 Richland County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,971 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Richland County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Richland County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,971 workers age 16+, including 7,261 workers with reported travel time and 710 home workers.
Population estimate17,205± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,971± 241 MOE
Workers with travel time7,261± 248 MOE
Estimated home workers710± 121 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 Richland County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.