ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26355402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.7 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ 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 the shares

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.