ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26386402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Holland, Michigan

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.7%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 commute16.7 min → 16.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 8.8%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.4%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 69.5%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.5% ±3.8 pp
Carpool9.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk9.9% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 17,871 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate34,423± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+17,871± 743 MOE
Workers with travel time16,294± 837 MOE
Estimated home workers1,577± 296 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.