ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26599202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Park, Michigan

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home23.2%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone66.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute21.6 min → 23.3 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.6% → 23.2%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 66.9%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.9% ±4.2 pp
Carpool6.4% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home23.2% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 14,445 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate29,318± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+14,445± 694 MOE
Workers with travel time11,094± 784 MOE
Estimated home workers3,351± 562 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.