ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55496752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marshfield, Wisconsin

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

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 under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

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

48thTransit percentile

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

19th60+ 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 the shares

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.