ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55779252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sturtevant, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.0%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 commute19.7 min → 25.8 min▲ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 7.3%▼ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 3.3%▲ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.0% → 83.1%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.1% ±6.6 pp
Carpool6.4% ±4.0 pp
Public transit3.3% ±3.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.3% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,764 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,772± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,764± 219 MOE
Workers with travel time2,563± 240 MOE
Estimated home workers201± 121 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.