Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55223002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.7 min one way; 12.4% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.7 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Eau Claire city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Eau Claire city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 1.4% used public transit and 12.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 39,256 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Eau Claire city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Eau Claire city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 39,256 workers age 16+, including 34,403 workers with reported travel time and 4,853 home workers.
Population estimate70,322± 382 MOE
Workers age 16+39,256± 779 MOE
Workers with travel time34,403± 878 MOE
Estimated home workers4,853± 463 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
All Wisconsin reports →Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Eau Claire city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.