What is the average commute in Charlotte city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 26148202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Charlotte, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Charlotte city, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home12.9%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone70.0%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Charlotte city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.5 min → 18.7 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 12.9%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 70.0%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Charlotte city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone70.0% ±5.9 pp

Carpool10.4% ±5.6 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.9 pp

Walk3.4% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle1.6% ±1.4 pp

Work from home12.9% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,350 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Charlotte city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Charlotte city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,350 workers age 16+, including 3,789 workers with reported travel time and 561 home workers.

Population estimate9,277± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+4,350± 255 MOE

Workers with travel time3,789± 310 MOE

Estimated home workers561± 188 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 Charlotte 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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