What is the average commute in Comstock Northwest CDP, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Comstock Northwest CDP, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.2 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 26176902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Comstock Northwest, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Comstock Northwest CDP, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 82.7% drove alone, and 1.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home10.8%±6.2 pp MOE

Drove alone82.7%±6.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.0%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 Comstock Northwest CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.1 min → 19.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 10.8%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.5% → 82.7%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Comstock Northwest CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone82.7% ±6.5 pp

Carpool6.0% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home10.8% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 2,954 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Comstock Northwest CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Comstock Northwest CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,954 workers age 16+, including 2,636 workers with reported travel time and 318 home workers.

Population estimate5,391± 635 MOE

Workers age 16+2,954± 421 MOE

Workers with travel time2,636± 409 MOE

Estimated home workers318± 189 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 Comstock Northwest CDP

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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