ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55294002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glendale, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home25.7%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute19.0 min → 20.7 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 25.7%▲ 12.1 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 63.3%▼ 13.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.3% ±5.1 pp
Carpool5.3% ±3.1 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home25.7% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 6,490 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.

25thMean commute percentile

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

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,656± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+6,490± 389 MOE
Workers with travel time4,824± 437 MOE
Estimated home workers1,666± 309 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.