ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55783752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Summit, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home14.8%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Summit village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 26.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 14.8%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 80.1%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Summit village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool3.6% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.8% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 2,432 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Summit village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% 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.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Summit village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,432 workers age 16+, including 2,072 workers with reported travel time and 360 home workers.

Population estimate5,114± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+2,432± 252 MOE
Workers with travel time2,072± 211 MOE
Estimated home workers360± 142 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 Summit 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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