ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55660002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Racine, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute22.6 min → 22.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.2%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 1.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 74.9%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.9% ±1.9 pp
Carpool11.5% ±1.7 pp
Public transit1.9% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 35,305 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate77,633± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+35,305± 1,019 MOE
Workers with travel time32,757± 1,028 MOE
Estimated home workers2,548± 483 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.