ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55266752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±5.0 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 commute22.0 min → 20.2 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 9.7%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 79.5%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±5.0 pp
Carpool6.8% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,829 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,463± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+6,829± 425 MOE
Workers with travel time6,164± 462 MOE
Estimated home workers665± 256 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.