What is the average commute in Belding city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 26069002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Belding, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Belding city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 1.5% worked from home, 80.8% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home1.5%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone80.8%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.2%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 Belding city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 27.8 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.8% → 1.5%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.8% → 80.8%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Belding city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.8%; 1.5% used public transit and 1.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.8% ±5.5 pp

Carpool14.6% ±6.6 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.8 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home1.5% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 2,858 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Belding city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Belding city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,858 workers age 16+, including 2,815 workers with reported travel time and 43 home workers.

Population estimate5,960± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+2,858± 259 MOE

Workers with travel time2,815± 261 MOE

Estimated home workers43± 34 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 Belding 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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