ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26638202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Petoskey, Michigan

Mean one-way trip14.6 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone63.9%±8.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.1%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 commute17.2 min → 14.6 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 13.1%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.0% → 63.9%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.9% ±8.5 pp
Carpool11.7% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk9.6% ±4.7 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.4 pp
Work from home13.1% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,004 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,856± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+3,004± 260 MOE
Workers with travel time2,611± 290 MOE
Estimated home workers393± 122 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.