ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55622502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pewaukee, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 76.0% drove alone, and 2.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.9%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 Pewaukee village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 20.9 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 17.9%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 76.0%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pewaukee village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone76.0% ±5.0 pp
Carpool3.9% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home17.9% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 4,490 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pewaukee village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% 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.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pewaukee village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,490 workers age 16+, including 3,687 workers with reported travel time and 803 home workers.

Population estimate8,196± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+4,490± 370 MOE
Workers with travel time3,687± 371 MOE
Estimated home workers803± 210 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 Pewaukee village

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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