What is the average commute in Brookfield city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 55100252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookfield, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Brookfield city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 21.5% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home21.5%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone72.1%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Brookfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 20.7 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 21.5%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 72.1%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brookfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 0.3% used public transit and 21.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±2.4 pp

Carpool4.5% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home21.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 19,980 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brookfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brookfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,980 workers age 16+, including 15,694 workers with reported travel time and 4,286 home workers.

Population estimate41,273± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+19,980± 689 MOE

Workers with travel time15,694± 651 MOE

Estimated home workers4,286± 476 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 Brookfield 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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