ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55262752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.6 min → 19.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 9.2%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 76.0%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±2.0 pp
Carpool9.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.2% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 21,630 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,494± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+21,630± 683 MOE
Workers with travel time19,638± 673 MOE
Estimated home workers1,992± 378 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.