What is the average commute in Cadillac city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 26123202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cadillac, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Cadillac city, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.7 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 71.5% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.7 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone71.5%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.6%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 Cadillac city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.0 min → 13.7 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 9.4%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.1%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 71.5%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cadillac city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.5%; 1.1% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone71.5% ±4.5 pp

Carpool9.8% ±3.9 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.2 pp

Walk6.2% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp

Work from home9.4% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,352 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cadillac city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cadillac city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,352 workers age 16+, including 3,945 workers with reported travel time and 407 home workers.

Population estimate10,445± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+4,352± 325 MOE

Workers with travel time3,945± 317 MOE

Estimated home workers407± 165 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 Cadillac 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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