What is the average commute in Iron Mountain city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.7 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 26409602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Iron Mountain, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Iron Mountain city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.0 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 69.6% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home12.7%±6.7 pp MOE

Drove alone69.6%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.1%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 Iron Mountain city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.5 min → 16.0 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 12.7%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.6%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 69.6%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Iron Mountain city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.6% ±5.5 pp

Carpool10.4% ±4.4 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.1 pp

Walk3.8% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle1.7% ±2.2 pp

Work from home12.7% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 3,602 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Iron Mountain city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

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

55^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Iron Mountain city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,602 workers age 16+, including 3,144 workers with reported travel time and 458 home workers.

Population estimate7,518± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+3,602± 349 MOE

Workers with travel time3,144± 339 MOE

Estimated home workers458± 244 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 Iron Mountain 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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