What is the average commute in Monroe city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 55537502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Monroe city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 12.1% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home12.1%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone78.5%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%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 Monroe city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.6 min → 18.3 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 12.1%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.5% → 78.5%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monroe city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.1% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±5.4 pp

Carpool7.1% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home12.1% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 5,382 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monroe 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.

52^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monroe city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,382 workers age 16+, including 4,733 workers with reported travel time and 649 home workers.

Population estimate10,587± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+5,382± 354 MOE

Workers with travel time4,733± 369 MOE

Estimated home workers649± 181 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 Monroe 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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