ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55536752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monona, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 24.1% worked from home, 64.9% drove alone, and 1.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home24.1%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.9%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 Monona 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 +11.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.1 min → 19.5 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 24.1%▲ 11.0 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 1.1%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 64.9%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monona city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.9%; 1.1% used public transit and 24.1% worked from home.

Drive alone64.9% ±4.3 pp
Carpool6.9% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.1 pp
Work from home24.1% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 4,550 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monona city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monona city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,550 workers age 16+, including 3,455 workers with reported travel time and 1,095 home workers.

Population estimate8,527± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+4,550± 309 MOE
Workers with travel time3,455± 294 MOE
Estimated home workers1,095± 236 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 Monona 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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