What is the average commute in Clawson city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 26161602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clawson, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Clawson city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 22.1% worked from home, 71.4% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home22.1%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone71.4%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.4%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 Clawson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 22.3 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 22.1%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 71.4%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clawson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.4%; 0.6% used public transit and 22.1% worked from home.

Drive alone71.4% ±3.1 pp

Carpool3.7% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.6% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp

Work from home22.1% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 6,427 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clawson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clawson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,427 workers age 16+, including 5,009 workers with reported travel time and 1,418 home workers.

Population estimate11,374± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+6,427± 322 MOE

Workers with travel time5,009± 308 MOE

Estimated home workers1,418± 275 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 Clawson 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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