Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ND · GEOID 380292024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Emmons County, North Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 15.1% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.3 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.1%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 Emmons County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Emmons County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 15.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,440 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Emmons County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Emmons County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,440 workers age 16+, including 1,222 workers with reported travel time and 218 home workers.
Population estimate3,254± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,440± 72 MOE
Workers with travel time1,222± 82 MOE
Estimated home workers218± 53 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
All North Dakota reports →Comparable North Dakota commute records for Emmons County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.