ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26881402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wixom, Michigan

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 14.3% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Wixom city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 25.4 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 14.3%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 73.2%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wixom city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.3% worked from home.

Drive alone73.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool8.7% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.3% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 10,968 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wixom city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% 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.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wixom city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,968 workers age 16+, including 9,398 workers with reported travel time and 1,570 home workers.

Population estimate17,295± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+10,968± 513 MOE
Workers with travel time9,398± 548 MOE
Estimated home workers1,570± 303 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 Wixom 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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