What is the average commute in Dodgeville city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 55203502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Dodgeville city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.5 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 64.7% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±10.3 min MOE

Worked from home15.6%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone64.7%±8.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.7%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 Dodgeville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +10.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.9 min → 29.5 min▲ 10.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 15.6%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 2.9%▲ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 64.7%▼ 14.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dodgeville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.7%; 2.9% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

Drive alone64.7% ±8.0 pp

Carpool12.1% ±8.3 pp

Public transit2.9% ±3.3 pp

Walk2.3% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home15.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 2,693 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dodgeville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dodgeville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,693 workers age 16+, including 2,274 workers with reported travel time and 419 home workers.

Population estimate5,042± 16 MOE

Workers age 16+2,693± 254 MOE

Workers with travel time2,274± 308 MOE

Estimated home workers419± 135 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 Dodgeville 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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