ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55362502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hudson, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.9%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Hudson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 23.4 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 17.9%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 71.3%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hudson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±6.9 pp
Carpool7.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.8 pp
Work from home17.9% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 8,050 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hudson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% 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.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hudson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,050 workers age 16+, including 6,610 workers with reported travel time and 1,440 home workers.

Population estimate14,959± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+8,050± 395 MOE
Workers with travel time6,610± 528 MOE
Estimated home workers1,440± 363 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 Wisconsin commute records for Hudson city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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