What is the average commute in Prairie du Chien city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Prairie du Chien city, Wisconsin work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 55650502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Prairie du Chien city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.0 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 75.8% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Prairie du Chien city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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 Prairie du Chien city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.8%; 1.7% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

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

How Prairie du Chien city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

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

15^thWork-from-home percentile

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

76^thTransit percentile

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

46^th60+ 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 Prairie du Chien city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,228 workers age 16+, including 2,110 workers with reported travel time and 118 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Prairie du Chien 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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