ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270772024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.9%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute18.9 min → 16.2 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 5.4%▼ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 75.9%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.9% ±4.4 pp
Carpool11.4% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk6.3% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.4% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 2,037 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.

10thMean commute percentile

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

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,821± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,037± 125 MOE
Workers with travel time1,928± 121 MOE
Estimated home workers109± 52 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.