ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55112002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burlington, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±4.8 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 21.5 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 7.9%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 79.8%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.8% ±4.8 pp
Carpool7.2% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.9% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,532 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate10,987± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+5,532± 443 MOE
Workers with travel time5,097± 490 MOE
Estimated home workers435± 163 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.