ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26398002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hudsonville, Michigan

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.6%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone83.7%±12.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.5%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 commute22.2 min → 20.4 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 9.6%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 83.7%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.7% ±12.0 pp
Carpool4.9% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.8 pp
Work from home9.6% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,605 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% 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.

1th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,769± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+3,605± 370 MOE
Workers with travel time3,258± 312 MOE
Estimated home workers347± 127 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.