What is the average commute in Saginaw city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 26705202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saginaw, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Saginaw city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home7.7%±1.8 pp MOE

Drove alone73.4%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Saginaw city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.9 min → 19.2 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 73.4%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Saginaw city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 0.7% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone73.4% ±2.8 pp

Carpool14.8% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.4% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.8% ±0.6 pp

Work from home7.7% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 16,414 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Saginaw city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17^thWork-from-home percentile

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

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Saginaw city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,414 workers age 16+, including 15,149 workers with reported travel time and 1,265 home workers.

Population estimate43,536± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+16,414± 778 MOE

Workers with travel time15,149± 791 MOE

Estimated home workers1,265± 298 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 Saginaw 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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