ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26381802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland Park, Michigan

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone60.7%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute23.7 min → 22.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 8.9%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit13.6% → 11.2%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.0% → 60.7%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.7% ±8.8 pp
Carpool11.2% ±5.3 pp
Public transit11.2% ±8.9 pp
Walk3.3% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.9% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 2,887 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,628± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+2,887± 332 MOE
Workers with travel time2,631± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers256± 126 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.