ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pope County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone72.8%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 commute21.5 min → 22.7 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 11.7%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 72.8%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.8% ±1.9 pp
Carpool9.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.6% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.7% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 5,664 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.

40thMean commute percentile

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

85thWork-from-home percentile

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

80thTransit percentile

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

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,418± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,664± 149 MOE
Workers with travel time5,003± 178 MOE
Estimated home workers661± 83 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.