ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 551152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shawano County, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 5.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.5%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 Shawano County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 22.8 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 9.3%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 78.7%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shawano County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±1.4 pp
Carpool7.0% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.3% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 19,324 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shawano County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

25thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shawano County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,324 workers age 16+, including 17,526 workers with reported travel time and 1,798 home workers.

Population estimate41,039± — MOE
Workers age 16+19,324± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time17,526± 439 MOE
Estimated home workers1,798± 217 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 Shawano 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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