ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26539202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milan, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 Milan city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.3 min → 29.0 min▲ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 13.0%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 72.9%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Milan city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 0.7% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±5.4 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.1 pp
Walk6.3% ±4.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home13.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,434 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Milan city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Milan city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,434 workers age 16+, including 2,989 workers with reported travel time and 445 home workers.

Population estimate5,987± 314 MOE
Workers age 16+3,434± 319 MOE
Workers with travel time2,989± 312 MOE
Estimated home workers445± 145 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 Milan 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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