What is the average commute in Richmond city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Richmond city, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MI · GEOID 26683802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richmond, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Richmond city, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 10.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±8.7 min MOE

Worked from home6.3%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone81.5%±7.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.8%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 Richmond city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.4 min → 25.9 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 6.3%▼ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 81.5%▲ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richmond city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±7.3 pp

Carpool8.5% ±5.2 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle3.3% ±3.9 pp

Work from home6.3% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 2,471 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richmond city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richmond city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,471 workers age 16+, including 2,316 workers with reported travel time and 155 home workers.

Population estimate5,855± 14 MOE

Workers age 16+2,471± 380 MOE

Workers with travel time2,316± 368 MOE

Estimated home workers155± 100 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 Richmond 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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