What is the average commute in Columbus city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 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 55164502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Columbus, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Columbus city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home18.3%±6.1 pp MOE

Drove alone75.7%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Columbus city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.2 min → 24.4 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.2% → 18.3%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 75.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Columbus city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.7% ±4.5 pp

Carpool2.1% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.8% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home18.3% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 3,176 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Columbus city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Columbus city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,176 workers age 16+, including 2,594 workers with reported travel time and 582 home workers.

Population estimate5,488± 15 MOE

Workers age 16+3,176± 220 MOE

Workers with travel time2,594± 238 MOE

Estimated home workers582± 199 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 Columbus 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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