What is the average commute in Traverse City city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 26803402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Traverse City, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Traverse City city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.2 min one way; 19.4% worked from home, 58.3% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.2 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home19.4%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone58.3%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Traverse City city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 17.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 19.4%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 1.1%▼ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.8% → 58.3%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Traverse City city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.3%; 1.1% used public transit and 19.4% worked from home.

Drive alone58.3% ±5.0 pp

Carpool6.5% ±2.3 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp

Walk5.9% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle6.3% ±2.8 pp

Work from home19.4% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 7,673 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Traverse City city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Traverse City city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,673 workers age 16+, including 6,184 workers with reported travel time and 1,489 home workers.

Population estimate15,593± 99 MOE

Workers age 16+7,673± 460 MOE

Workers with travel time6,184± 490 MOE

Estimated home workers1,489± 263 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 Traverse City 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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