ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26274402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home22.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 24.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 22.8%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 69.6%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.6% ±2.1 pp
Carpool5.3% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.8% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 44,030 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.

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate83,515± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+44,030± 998 MOE
Workers with travel time34,003± 1,235 MOE
Estimated home workers10,027± 834 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.