ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55547252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute27.7 min → 24.6 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 17.1%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 75.4%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.4% ±2.8 pp
Carpool2.7% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.8% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.1% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 4,114 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,736± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+4,114± 285 MOE
Workers with travel time3,412± 253 MOE
Estimated home workers702± 240 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.