ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55396502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kimberly, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.3 min one way; 13.6% worked from home, 79.2% drove alone, and 0.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.3 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.6%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.2%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.8%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 Kimberly village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 17.3 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 13.6%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 79.2%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kimberly village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.6% worked from home.

Drive alone79.2% ±5.3 pp
Carpool4.1% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,394 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kimberly village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% 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.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kimberly village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,394 workers age 16+, including 2,931 workers with reported travel time and 463 home workers.

Population estimate7,447± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+3,394± 321 MOE
Workers with travel time2,931± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers463± 168 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 Kimberly village

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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