ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · WI · GEOID 551412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wood County, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 Wood County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.4 min → 20.7 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 10.1%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 77.4%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wood County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±1.6 pp
Carpool8.3% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.1% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 35,094 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wood County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wood County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 35,094 workers age 16+, including 31,553 workers with reported travel time and 3,541 home workers.

Population estimate74,004± — MOE
Workers age 16+35,094± 706 MOE
Workers with travel time31,553± 644 MOE
Estimated home workers3,541± 379 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 Wood 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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