Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26445202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lake Fenton, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.9 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 13.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.9 min±7.9 min MOE
Worked from home15.5%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.6%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 Lake Fenton CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lake Fenton CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,471 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lake Fenton CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lake Fenton CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,471 workers age 16+, including 2,088 workers with reported travel time and 383 home workers.
Population estimate6,417± 622 MOE
Workers age 16+2,471± 370 MOE
Workers with travel time2,088± 375 MOE
Estimated home workers383± 141 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
All Michigan reports →Comparable Michigan commute records for Lake Fenton CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.