What is the average commute in Marshfield city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 55496752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Marshfield city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.7 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 73.6% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home11.1%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone73.6%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.2%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 Marshfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.8 min → 14.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 11.1%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 73.6%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Marshfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.6%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

Drive alone73.6% ±3.5 pp

Carpool8.0% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk4.1% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle2.2% ±1.3 pp

Work from home11.1% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 9,323 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Marshfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

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

47^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Marshfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,323 workers age 16+, including 8,287 workers with reported travel time and 1,036 home workers.

Population estimate18,700± 192 MOE

Workers age 16+9,323± 475 MOE

Workers with travel time8,287± 507 MOE

Estimated home workers1,036± 252 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 Marshfield 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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