What is the average commute in Houghton city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 10.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Houghton city, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 26393602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Houghton, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Houghton city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 10.7 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 43.4% drove alone, and 1.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip10.7 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home10.2%±4.9 pp MOE

Drove alone43.4%±6.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.2%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 Houghton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.3 min → 10.7 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 10.2%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 9.4%▲ 9.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.6% → 43.4%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Houghton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 43.4%; 9.4% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone43.4% ±6.4 pp

Carpool6.1% ±2.2 pp

Public transit9.4% ±9.1 pp

Walk28.7% ±7.7 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±1.3 pp

Work from home10.2% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,740 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Houghton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Houghton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,740 workers age 16+, including 3,360 workers with reported travel time and 380 home workers.

Population estimate8,474± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+3,740± 287 MOE

Workers with travel time3,360± 333 MOE

Estimated home workers380± 187 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 Houghton 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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