What is the average commute in Koochiching County, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 270712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Koochiching County, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Koochiching County, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.3 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home12.2%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone70.7%±5.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.6%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 Koochiching County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.3 min → 16.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 12.2%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.7% → 70.7%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Koochiching County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.7% ±5.2 pp

Carpool10.0% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk4.2% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp

Work from home12.2% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 5,296 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Koochiching County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

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

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Koochiching County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,296 workers age 16+, including 4,651 workers with reported travel time and 645 home workers.

Population estimate11,833± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,296± 219 MOE

Workers with travel time4,651± 326 MOE

Estimated home workers645± 202 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 Koochiching 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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