ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26009802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Albion, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 69.5% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 Albion city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.2 min → 22.8 min▲ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 8.1%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 69.5%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Albion city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone69.5% ±5.8 pp
Carpool7.9% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk10.9% ±4.5 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.2 pp
Work from home8.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,534 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Albion city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; 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 places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Albion city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,534 workers age 16+, including 2,330 workers with reported travel time and 204 home workers.

Population estimate7,560± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+2,534± 287 MOE
Workers with travel time2,330± 276 MOE
Estimated home workers204± 97 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 Michigan commute records for Albion city

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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