ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 551132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.7%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.5%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.7 min → 21.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 12.7%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.2% → 70.5%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.5% ±2.8 pp
Carpool11.7% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.7% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 7,691 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,476± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,691± 304 MOE
Workers with travel time6,714± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers977± 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.