ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26711402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saline, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 23.1% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home23.1%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Saline city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.8 min → 27.9 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 23.1%▲ 10.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 71.9%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Saline city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.1% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±6.2 pp
Carpool4.4% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home23.1% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 4,360 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Saline city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% 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.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Saline city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,360 workers age 16+, including 3,352 workers with reported travel time and 1,008 home workers.

Population estimate9,006± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+4,360± 324 MOE
Workers with travel time3,352± 326 MOE
Estimated home workers1,008± 266 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 Saline 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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