ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pennington County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip12.4 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute13.6 min → 12.4 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 9.9%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 74.8%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±2.7 pp
Carpool9.4% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.9% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,404 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,791± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,404± 212 MOE
Workers with travel time6,671± 217 MOE
Estimated home workers733± 121 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.