Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55407752024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
La Crosse, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.9 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 68.9% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.9 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.9%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 La Crosse city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 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 La Crosse city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.9%; 1.8% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 27,638 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How La Crosse city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind La Crosse city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 27,638 workers age 16+, including 24,361 workers with reported travel time and 3,277 home workers.
Population estimate51,356± 92 MOE
Workers age 16+27,638± 917 MOE
Workers with travel time24,361± 927 MOE
Estimated home workers3,277± 408 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 La Crosse city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.