ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WI · GEOID 55860252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Weston, Wisconsin

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 81.6% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Weston village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 17.5 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 10.3%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 81.6%▲ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Weston village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.6% ±4.5 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.3% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,862 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Weston village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% 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.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Weston village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,862 workers age 16+, including 7,946 workers with reported travel time and 916 home workers.

Population estimate15,749± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+8,862± 539 MOE
Workers with travel time7,946± 580 MOE
Estimated home workers916± 269 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 Weston village

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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