ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fillmore County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 25.7 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 12.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.2%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 73.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±1.6 pp
Carpool8.7% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 10,709 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

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

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,414± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,709± 162 MOE
Workers with travel time9,380± 178 MOE
Estimated home workers1,329± 157 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.