What is the average commute in Woodhaven city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.3%, 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 26883802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodhaven, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Woodhaven city, Michigan
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.3%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.1%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 Woodhaven city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 23.7 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 10.3%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 79.3%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodhaven city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±5.6 pp

Carpool8.6% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.3% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 6,023 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodhaven city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

42^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodhaven city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,023 workers age 16+, including 5,401 workers with reported travel time and 622 home workers.

Population estimate12,690± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+6,023± 434 MOE

Workers with travel time5,401± 429 MOE

Estimated home workers622± 199 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 Woodhaven 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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