ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26706802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Clair, Michigan

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone85.3%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 22.0 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 7.6%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 85.3%▲ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.3% ±8.7 pp
Carpool4.7% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.3% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.6% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 2,669 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.

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,585± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+2,669± 329 MOE
Workers with travel time2,465± 353 MOE
Estimated home workers204± 115 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.