ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55786002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home19.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 Sun Prairie city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 22.0 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 19.7%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 71.2%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sun Prairie city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.2% ±3.3 pp
Carpool5.3% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.8 pp
Work from home19.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 20,441 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sun Prairie city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sun Prairie city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,441 workers age 16+, including 16,419 workers with reported travel time and 4,022 home workers.

Population estimate37,570± 68 MOE
Workers age 16+20,441± 834 MOE
Workers with travel time16,419± 851 MOE
Estimated home workers4,022± 630 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 Sun Prairie 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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