What is the average commute in Big Stone County, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Big Stone County, Minnesota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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.

COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Big Stone County, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Big Stone County, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 73.5% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Big Stone County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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 Big Stone County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

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

How Big Stone County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

18^thMean commute percentile

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

71^thWork-from-home percentile

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

88^thTransit percentile

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

33^th60+ 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 Big Stone County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,186 workers age 16+, including 1,977 workers with reported travel time and 209 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Minnesota commute records for Big Stone County

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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