ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26710002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Louis, Michigan

Mean one-way trip16.1 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone82.9%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 commute19.7 min → 16.1 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 7.4%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 82.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.9% ±8.4 pp
Carpool3.5% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home7.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 1,441 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% 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.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,367± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+1,441± 213 MOE
Workers with travel time1,335± 211 MOE
Estimated home workers106± 60 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.