What is the average commute in Merrill city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 55512502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Merrill, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Merrill city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 1.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.4%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone75.6%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.6%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 Merrill city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.0 min → 18.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 11.4%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 75.6%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Merrill city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±3.2 pp

Carpool9.2% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp

Walk2.6% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.4% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 4,426 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Merrill city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thWork-from-home percentile

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

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Merrill city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,426 workers age 16+, including 3,921 workers with reported travel time and 505 home workers.

Population estimate9,356± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+4,426± 294 MOE

Workers with travel time3,921± 280 MOE

Estimated home workers505± 187 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 Merrill 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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