ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rock County, Minnesota

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

24thMean commute percentile

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

87thWork-from-home percentile

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

51thTransit percentile

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

14th60+ 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 the shares

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.