ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26860002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westland, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 11.3% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.3%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±2.0 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 Westland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 25.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 11.3%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 77.8%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Westland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 11.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.8% ±2.0 pp
Carpool7.7% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.3% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 40,054 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Westland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

22thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Westland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,054 workers age 16+, including 35,547 workers with reported travel time and 4,507 home workers.

Population estimate83,633± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+40,054± 1,172 MOE
Workers with travel time35,547± 1,263 MOE
Estimated home workers4,507± 479 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 Westland 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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