ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55633002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 24.9 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 13.1%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 79.5%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±3.3 pp
Carpool4.6% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.1% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 10,687 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

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

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,669± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+10,687± 623 MOE
Workers with travel time9,291± 604 MOE
Estimated home workers1,396± 370 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.