What is the average commute in Carver County, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 270192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carver County, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Carver County, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 23.5% worked from home, 67.5% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home23.5%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone67.5%±1.5 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 Carver 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 +7.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 25.6 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.7% → 23.5%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.7%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 67.5%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Carver County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 23.5% worked from home.

Drive alone67.5% ±1.5 pp

Carpool5.9% ±0.8 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home23.5% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 60,171 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Carver County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Carver County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 60,171 workers age 16+, including 46,010 workers with reported travel time and 14,161 home workers.

Population estimate110,041± — MOE

Workers age 16+60,171± 813 MOE

Workers with travel time46,010± 1,006 MOE

Estimated home workers14,161± 792 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 Carver 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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