ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26433002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingsford, Michigan

Mean one-way trip12.8 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute11.9 min → 12.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 6.6%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 73.8%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±6.8 pp
Carpool13.6% ±6.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±1.1 pp
Walk2.1% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home6.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,145 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

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

55thTransit percentile

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

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,124± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+2,145± 233 MOE
Workers with travel time2,004± 276 MOE
Estimated home workers141± 80 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.