ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55787502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sussex, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home17.4%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute23.1 min → 24.6 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.4% → 17.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.8%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 77.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.4% ±4.8 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.4% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 6,695 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,066± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+6,695± 337 MOE
Workers with travel time5,529± 440 MOE
Estimated home workers1,166± 297 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.