Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270412024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Douglas County, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Douglas County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 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 Douglas County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 19,373 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Douglas County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 19th 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 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Douglas County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 19,373 workers age 16+, including 17,143 workers with reported travel time and 2,230 home workers.
Population estimate39,575± — MOE
Workers age 16+19,373± 345 MOE
Workers with travel time17,143± 370 MOE
Estimated home workers2,230± 231 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 Douglas County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.