What is the average commute in Cottage Grove village, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cottage Grove village, Wisconsin work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.3 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 55171752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cottage Grove, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Cottage Grove village, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home17.4%±5.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 Cottage Grove village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 24.8 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 17.4%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 77.5%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cottage Grove village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±6.0 pp

Carpool4.5% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home17.4% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 5,240 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cottage Grove village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% 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.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cottage Grove village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,240 workers age 16+, including 4,329 workers with reported travel time and 911 home workers.

Population estimate8,513± 20 MOE

Workers age 16+5,240± 409 MOE

Workers with travel time4,329± 474 MOE

Estimated home workers911± 289 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 Cottage Grove village

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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