What is the average commute in Chippewa County, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 270232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chippewa County, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Chippewa County, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 77.7% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone77.7%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%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 Chippewa County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.0 min → 16.8 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 8.5%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 77.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chippewa County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone77.7% ±2.7 pp

Carpool11.7% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home8.5% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 5,655 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chippewa County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chippewa County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,655 workers age 16+, including 5,174 workers with reported travel time and 481 home workers.

Population estimate12,377± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,655± 202 MOE

Workers with travel time5,174± 205 MOE

Estimated home workers481± 88 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 Chippewa 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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