What is the average commute in Sturgis city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Sturgis city, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MI · GEOID 26769602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sturgis, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Sturgis city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.6 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 66.2% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home5.5%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone66.2%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Sturgis city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.3 min → 18.6 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 5.5%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.6% → 66.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sturgis city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.2%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.2% ±2.7 pp

Carpool23.9% ±5.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home5.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 5,063 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sturgis city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sturgis city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,063 workers age 16+, including 4,787 workers with reported travel time and 276 home workers.

Population estimate11,054± 65 MOE

Workers age 16+5,063± 418 MOE

Workers with travel time4,787± 433 MOE

Estimated home workers276± 125 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

Comparable Michigan commute records for Sturgis city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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