ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Big Stone County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute18.5 min → 18.4 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 9.6%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 73.5%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±3.0 pp
Carpool10.3% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.9 pp
Walk4.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 2,186 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,127± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,186± 122 MOE
Workers with travel time1,977± 122 MOE
Estimated home workers209± 51 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.