ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26176902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Comstock Northwest, Michigan

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

17thMean commute percentile

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

45thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

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

3th60+ 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 the shares

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.