What is the average commute in Wisconsin Rapids city, Wisconsin?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 55882002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Name: Commute estimates for Wisconsin Rapids city, Wisconsin
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.1 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.1 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±2.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Wisconsin Rapids 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 +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.5 min → 20.1 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 8.7%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 77.2%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wisconsin Rapids city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±2.6 pp

Carpool10.8% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.9% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.9 pp

Work from home8.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 8,563 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wisconsin Rapids city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wisconsin Rapids city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,563 workers age 16+, including 7,822 workers with reported travel time and 741 home workers.

Population estimate18,722± 78 MOE

Workers age 16+8,563± 457 MOE

Workers with travel time7,822± 422 MOE

Estimated home workers741± 187 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 Wisconsin Rapids 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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