ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26709602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Joseph, Michigan

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute16.0 min → 19.6 min▲ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 15.6%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 73.3%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±5.6 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.9% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.6 pp
Work from home15.6% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 4,160 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,986± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+4,160± 259 MOE
Workers with travel time3,510± 284 MOE
Estimated home workers650± 172 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.