ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55674752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richfield, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 24.4% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home24.4%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Richfield village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 28.0 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 24.4%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 70.9%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richfield village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 24.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±4.2 pp
Carpool3.8% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home24.4% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 6,423 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richfield village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% 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.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richfield village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,423 workers age 16+, including 4,854 workers with reported travel time and 1,569 home workers.

Population estimate11,755± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+6,423± 424 MOE
Workers with travel time4,854± 431 MOE
Estimated home workers1,569± 353 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 Richfield 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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