ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55315252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home17.4%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commutenan min → 19.8 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 17.4%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.0%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 76.8%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool4.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.4% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 7,021 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.

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,987± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+7,021± 361 MOE
Workers with travel time5,799± 386 MOE
Estimated home workers1,222± 221 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.