What is the average commute in Utica city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 26815402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Utica, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Utica city, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home10.9%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone77.8%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.4%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 Utica city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 23.8 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 10.9%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 0.3%▼ 3.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 77.8%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Utica city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.

Drive alone77.8% ±2.7 pp

Carpool6.3% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.6% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home10.9% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,650 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Utica city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Utica city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,650 workers age 16+, including 2,361 workers with reported travel time and 289 home workers.

Population estimate5,180± 38 MOE

Workers age 16+2,650± 232 MOE

Workers with travel time2,361± 203 MOE

Estimated home workers289± 101 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 Utica 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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