ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55510002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 17.2% worked from home, 74.0% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Menomonee Falls village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.6 min → 20.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 17.2%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 74.0%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Menomonee Falls village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 17.2% worked from home.

Drive alone74.0% ±3.6 pp
Carpool7.1% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 19,917 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Menomonee Falls village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

13thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Menomonee Falls village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,917 workers age 16+, including 16,485 workers with reported travel time and 3,432 home workers.

Population estimate39,539± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+19,917± 785 MOE
Workers with travel time16,485± 915 MOE
Estimated home workers3,432± 485 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 Menomonee Falls village

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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