What is the average commute in Wauwatosa city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.4%, 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 55846752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Wauwatosa city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 22.4% worked from home, 66.9% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home22.4%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone66.9%±2.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.4%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 Wauwatosa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.9 min → 19.5 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 22.4%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 66.9%▼ 11.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wauwatosa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.9%; 0.7% used public transit and 22.4% worked from home.

Drive alone66.9% ±2.2 pp

Carpool6.3% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.6% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.3 pp

Work from home22.4% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 26,193 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wauwatosa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wauwatosa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 26,193 workers age 16+, including 20,325 workers with reported travel time and 5,868 home workers.

Population estimate48,529± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+26,193± 715 MOE

Workers with travel time20,325± 721 MOE

Estimated home workers5,868± 476 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 Wauwatosa 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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