ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Faribault County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.6 min → 20.2 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 8.2%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 76.0%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±1.8 pp
Carpool8.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk5.5% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.2% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 6,668 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,914± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,668± 246 MOE
Workers with travel time6,119± 251 MOE
Estimated home workers549± 91 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.