Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26340002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.0 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Rapids city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Grand Rapids city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 3.0% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 104,470 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Grand Rapids city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Grand Rapids city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 104,470 workers age 16+, including 89,929 workers with reported travel time and 14,541 home workers.
Population estimate198,535± 81 MOE
Workers age 16+104,470± 1,790 MOE
Workers with travel time89,929± 1,851 MOE
Estimated home workers14,541± 857 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
All Michigan reports →Comparable Michigan commute records for Grand Rapids city
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.