What is the average commute in Bowman County, North Dakota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bowman County, North Dakota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 · ND · GEOID 380112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bowman County, North Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Bowman County, North Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home9.0%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone72.0%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.6%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 Bowman County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.3 min → 17.7 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 9.0%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 72.0%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bowman County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.0% ±5.8 pp

Carpool8.9% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp

Walk7.2% ±2.9 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home9.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 1,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bowman County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

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

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

48^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bowman County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,421 workers age 16+, including 1,293 workers with reported travel time and 128 home workers.

Population estimate2,906± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,421± 85 MOE

Workers with travel time1,293± 95 MOE

Estimated home workers128± 47 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 North Dakota commute records for Bowman 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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