ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55862752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Salem, Wisconsin

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.7%±7.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute19.0 min → 20.2 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 12.7%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.1% → 80.5%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.5% ±10.3 pp
Carpool5.7% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home12.7% ±7.2 pp

Each share uses 2,595 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,330± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,595± 362 MOE
Workers with travel time2,265± 355 MOE
Estimated home workers330± 193 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.