Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55844252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Waupun, Wisconsin
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.9 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±5.4 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 Waupun city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Waupun city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,629 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Waupun city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Waupun city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,629 workers age 16+, including 4,347 workers with reported travel time and 282 home workers.
Population estimate11,174± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+4,629± 336 MOE
Workers with travel time4,347± 331 MOE
Estimated home workers282± 132 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
All Wisconsin reports →Comparable Wisconsin commute records for Waupun city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.