ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waseca County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute22.1 min → 22.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 7.0%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 80.5%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.5% ±2.8 pp
Carpool9.1% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 9,218 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,885± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,218± 287 MOE
Workers with travel time8,576± 306 MOE
Estimated home workers642± 112 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.