What is the average commute in Menomonie city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 55510252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Menomonie, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Menomonie city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.1 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Menomonie city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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 Menomonie city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

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

How Menomonie city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

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

31^thWork-from-home percentile

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

28^th60+ 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 Menomonie city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,655 workers age 16+, including 7,954 workers with reported travel time and 701 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Menomonie 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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