ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55650502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.3%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute15.1 min → 16.0 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 5.3%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 75.8%▲ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±5.7 pp
Carpool13.4% ±5.4 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.7 pp
Walk3.0% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.3% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 2,228 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,491± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+2,228± 155 MOE
Workers with travel time2,110± 156 MOE
Estimated home workers118± 72 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.