Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26075202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Benton Harbor, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.1 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Benton Harbor city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Benton Harbor city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,981 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Benton Harbor city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Benton Harbor city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,981 workers age 16+, including 2,809 workers with reported travel time and 172 home workers.
Population estimate8,953± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+2,981± 276 MOE
Workers with travel time2,809± 281 MOE
Estimated home workers172± 87 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
All Michigan reports →Comparable Michigan commute records for Benton Harbor city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.