ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55510252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Menomonie, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip17.1 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute16.5 min → 17.1 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 8.1%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.9% → 72.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.0% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk12.2% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 8,655 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,539± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+8,655± 443 MOE
Workers with travel time7,954± 480 MOE
Estimated home workers701± 196 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.