Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26717402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip12.0 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 Sault Ste. Marie 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 -0.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Sault Ste. Marie city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,743 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sault Ste. Marie city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sault Ste. Marie city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,743 workers age 16+, including 6,437 workers with reported travel time and 306 home workers.
Population estimate13,335± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+6,743± 381 MOE
Workers with travel time6,437± 378 MOE
Estimated home workers306± 127 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
All Michigan reports →Comparable Michigan commute records for Sault Ste. Marie city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.