Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26764602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sterling Heights, Michigan
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.7 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.7 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home15.7%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Sterling Heights city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 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 Sterling Heights city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 61,731 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sterling Heights city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sterling Heights city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 61,731 workers age 16+, including 52,065 workers with reported travel time and 9,666 home workers.
Population estimate133,573± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+61,731± 1,640 MOE
Workers with travel time52,065± 1,494 MOE
Estimated home workers9,666± 1,005 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 Sterling Heights city
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.