What is the average commute in Alpena city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 11.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Alpena city, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MI · GEOID 26017402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Alpena, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Alpena city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.1 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.1 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home5.4%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.0%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 Alpena city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.1 min → 11.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 5.4%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 2.4%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 78.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Alpena city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 2.4% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±2.2 pp

Carpool6.7% ±2.9 pp

Public transit2.4% ±2.0 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.8 pp

Work from home5.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,497 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Alpena city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Alpena city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,497 workers age 16+, including 4,255 workers with reported travel time and 242 home workers.

Population estimate10,154± 46 MOE

Workers age 16+4,497± 349 MOE

Workers with travel time4,255± 352 MOE

Estimated home workers242± 138 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 Alpena 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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