What is the average commute in Superior city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Superior city, Wisconsin work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WI · GEOID 55786502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Superior, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Superior city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.1 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.1 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.7%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.5%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 Superior city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 16.1 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 8.7%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 73.7%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Superior city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 1.4% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone73.7% ±2.8 pp

Carpool10.3% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk4.8% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.7% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 13,800 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Superior city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Superior city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,800 workers age 16+, including 12,605 workers with reported travel time and 1,195 home workers.

Population estimate26,677± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+13,800± 429 MOE

Workers with travel time12,605± 446 MOE

Estimated home workers1,195± 235 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 Superior 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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