ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26384602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillsdale, Michigan

Mean one-way trip14.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone63.7%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute16.0 min → 14.9 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 7.0%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.8% → 63.7%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.7% ±5.1 pp
Carpool8.7% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk16.2% ±3.8 pp
Bicycle2.7% ±2.4 pp
Work from home7.0% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 3,715 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% 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.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,002± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,715± 264 MOE
Workers with travel time3,455± 268 MOE
Estimated home workers260± 91 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.