Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26521802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mason, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 16.8% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.8 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.8%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Mason city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 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 Mason city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,085 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mason city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 37th 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 lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% 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 lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mason city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,085 workers age 16+, including 3,399 workers with reported travel time and 686 home workers.
Population estimate8,249± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,085± 242 MOE
Workers with travel time3,399± 290 MOE
Estimated home workers686± 156 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 Mason city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.