What is the average commute in Houghton Lake CDP, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 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 26394002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Houghton Lake, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Houghton Lake CDP, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 67.0% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±6.5 min MOE

Worked from home13.0%±6.4 pp MOE

Drove alone67.0%±6.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Houghton Lake CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.6 min → 24.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 13.0%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.5% → 67.0%▲ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Houghton Lake CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.

Drive alone67.0% ±6.2 pp

Carpool18.8% ±7.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home13.0% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 2,063 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Houghton Lake CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

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

56^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

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

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Houghton Lake CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,063 workers age 16+, including 1,794 workers with reported travel time and 269 home workers.

Population estimate5,769± 402 MOE

Workers age 16+2,063± 295 MOE

Workers with travel time1,794± 271 MOE

Estimated home workers269± 138 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 Lake CDP

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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