ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55310002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute17.9 min → 19.2 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 10.7%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 74.8%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±1.8 pp
Carpool9.5% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 53,774 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate106,253± 105 MOE
Workers age 16+53,774± 1,088 MOE
Workers with travel time48,000± 1,111 MOE
Estimated home workers5,774± 646 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 nearby records

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