ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MI · GEOID 26891402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Mean one-way trip23.0 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home17.3%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone58.1%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.4 min → 23.0 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 17.3%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit9.7% → 8.3%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.1% → 58.1%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.1% ±4.2 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.7 pp
Public transit8.3% ±3.1 pp
Walk5.8% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home17.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 10,099 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

38thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,857± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+10,099± 519 MOE
Workers with travel time8,348± 505 MOE
Estimated home workers1,751± 233 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.