What is the average commute in Grosse Pointe Park city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Grosse Pointe Park city, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 26355402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Grosse Pointe Park city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 25.8% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home25.8%±5.4 pp MOE

Drove alone66.7%±4.4 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 Grosse Pointe Park city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 24.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 25.8%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 66.7%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grosse Pointe Park city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 25.8% worked from home.

Drive alone66.7% ±4.4 pp

Carpool3.3% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.6% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home25.8% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 6,246 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grosse Pointe Park city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% 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.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% 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 Grosse Pointe Park city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,246 workers age 16+, including 4,636 workers with reported travel time and 1,610 home workers.

Population estimate11,319± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+6,246± 421 MOE

Workers with travel time4,636± 397 MOE

Estimated home workers1,610± 353 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 Grosse Pointe Park 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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