What is the average commute in Rock County, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 271332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rock County, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Rock County, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home11.9%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Rock County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.0 min → 19.6 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 11.9%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.0% → 77.5%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rock County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±2.4 pp

Carpool7.1% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home11.9% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 5,011 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rock County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rock County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,011 workers age 16+, including 4,416 workers with reported travel time and 595 home workers.

Population estimate9,621± — MOE

Workers age 16+5,011± 165 MOE

Workers with travel time4,416± 162 MOE

Estimated home workers595± 107 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 Rock 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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