ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26332802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand Blanc, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 42.0 min one way; 22.1% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 28.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip42.0 min±15.0 min MOE
Worked from home22.1%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.2%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.8%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 Grand Blanc city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +11.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +15.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.8 min → 42.0 min▲ 11.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 22.1%▲ 15.5 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 72.2%▼ 12.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grand Blanc city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±6.4 pp
Carpool4.0% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.1% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 3,881 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grand Blanc city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% 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.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grand Blanc city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,881 workers age 16+, including 3,024 workers with reported travel time and 857 home workers.

Population estimate7,987± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,881± 410 MOE
Workers with travel time3,024± 400 MOE
Estimated home workers857± 239 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 Grand Blanc 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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