ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55103752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brown Deer, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home22.5%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.5%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 commute21.3 min → 22.4 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 22.5%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 1.3%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 67.9%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.9% ±5.6 pp
Carpool6.9% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home22.5% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 6,878 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.

35thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,564± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+6,878± 524 MOE
Workers with travel time5,333± 505 MOE
Estimated home workers1,545± 345 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.