ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 271732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±1.5 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 commute21.0 min → 21.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 9.0%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 78.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.8% ±1.5 pp
Carpool6.9% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk3.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.0% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 4,562 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% 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 estimate9,451± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,562± 139 MOE
Workers with travel time4,152± 144 MOE
Estimated home workers410± 72 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.