ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Red Lake County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±3.4 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 commute24.4 min → 24.8 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 10.1%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 73.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±3.4 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.9% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.1% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 1,980 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% 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 estimate3,915± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,980± 68 MOE
Workers with travel time1,780± 76 MOE
Estimated home workers200± 44 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.