ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55407752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Crosse, Wisconsin

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.2 min → 15.9 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 11.9%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.8%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 68.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.9% ±2.7 pp
Carpool8.0% ±1.4 pp
Public transit1.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk6.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 27,638 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.