What is the average commute in Farmington city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 26273802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farmington, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Farmington city, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 25.5% worked from home, 64.2% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home25.5%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone64.2%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Farmington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.2 min → 23.1 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 25.5%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 64.2%▼ 13.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Farmington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 25.5% worked from home.

Drive alone64.2% ±5.3 pp

Carpool6.8% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.7% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home25.5% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,984 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Farmington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% 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.

27^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Farmington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,984 workers age 16+, including 4,459 workers with reported travel time and 1,525 home workers.

Population estimate11,504± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+5,984± 372 MOE

Workers with travel time4,459± 384 MOE

Estimated home workers1,525± 224 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 Farmington 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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