ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55197752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

De Pere, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.3 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 73.0% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.3 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 De Pere city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.1 min → 17.3 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 12.9%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 73.0%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How De Pere city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone73.0% ±3.4 pp
Carpool8.3% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk4.0% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 13,187 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How De Pere city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind De Pere city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,187 workers age 16+, including 11,486 workers with reported travel time and 1,701 home workers.

Population estimate25,301± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+13,187± 702 MOE
Workers with travel time11,486± 687 MOE
Estimated home workers1,701± 344 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 De Pere 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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