What is the average commute in Traverse County, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 271552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Traverse County, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Traverse County, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.1 min one way; 16.8% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.1 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home16.8%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone70.2%±2.7 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 Traverse County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 17.1 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 16.8%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.1% → 70.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Traverse County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.8% worked from home.

Drive alone70.2% ±2.7 pp

Carpool6.1% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk6.2% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp

Work from home16.8% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 1,411 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Traverse County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% 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 Traverse County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,411 workers age 16+, including 1,174 workers with reported travel time and 237 home workers.

Population estimate3,243± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,411± 103 MOE

Workers with travel time1,174± 80 MOE

Estimated home workers237± 60 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 Traverse 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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