Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55379002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Jefferson, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.1 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Jefferson 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 -0.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Jefferson city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,039 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Jefferson city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Jefferson city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,039 workers age 16+, including 3,843 workers with reported travel time and 196 home workers.
Population estimate7,732± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+4,039± 254 MOE
Workers with travel time3,843± 253 MOE
Estimated home workers196± 97 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
All Wisconsin reports →Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Jefferson city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.