Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Brown County, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.6 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip14.6 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.8%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 Brown County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Brown County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,023 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Brown County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Brown County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,023 workers age 16+, including 12,076 workers with reported travel time and 947 home workers.
Population estimate25,800± — MOE
Workers age 16+13,023± 330 MOE
Workers with travel time12,076± 371 MOE
Estimated home workers947± 146 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Brown County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.