ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26792402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Temperance, Michigan

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.3%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 commute26.4 min → 28.0 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 10.5%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.1% → 78.8%▼ 11.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.8% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.2% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,871 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% 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.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,914± 868 MOE
Workers age 16+3,871± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time3,465± 429 MOE
Estimated home workers406± 158 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.