What is the average commute in Manitowoc city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Manitowoc city, Wisconsin work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WI · GEOID 55485002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Manitowoc city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.6 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 81.1% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone81.1%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 Manitowoc city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.5 min → 18.6 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 6.5%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 81.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Manitowoc city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.1%; 0.9% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone81.1% ±2.4 pp

Carpool7.6% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp

Walk3.2% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home6.5% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 16,466 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Manitowoc city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Manitowoc city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,466 workers age 16+, including 15,393 workers with reported travel time and 1,073 home workers.

Population estimate34,620± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+16,466± 568 MOE

Workers with travel time15,393± 590 MOE

Estimated home workers1,073± 287 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 Manitowoc 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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