What is the average commute in Ashland city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ashland city, Wisconsin work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 · WI · GEOID 55032252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashland, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Ashland city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.5 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.5 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home9.6%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone71.3%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.4%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 Ashland 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 +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.9 min → 13.5 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 9.6%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 71.3%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ashland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.8% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±5.2 pp

Carpool6.8% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.3 pp

Walk9.1% ±3.3 pp

Bicycle1.7% ±1.3 pp

Work from home9.6% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 3,909 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ashland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ashland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,909 workers age 16+, including 3,535 workers with reported travel time and 374 home workers.

Population estimate7,902± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+3,909± 219 MOE

Workers with travel time3,535± 232 MOE

Estimated home workers374± 124 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 Wisconsin commute records for Ashland 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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