ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Swift County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute20.6 min → 19.4 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 7.5%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 77.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±2.2 pp
Carpool6.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk7.4% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 4,340 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% 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.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,748± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,340± 168 MOE
Workers with travel time4,013± 158 MOE
Estimated home workers327± 63 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.