ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 551112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sauk County, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.6%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 Sauk County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.2 min → 23.0 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 9.6%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 77.0%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sauk County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.0% ±1.8 pp
Carpool9.0% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.6% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 33,900 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sauk County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sauk County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 33,900 workers age 16+, including 30,629 workers with reported travel time and 3,271 home workers.

Population estimate66,009± — MOE
Workers age 16+33,900± 658 MOE
Workers with travel time30,629± 727 MOE
Estimated home workers3,271± 361 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

Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Sauk County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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