ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ND · GEOID 380612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mountrail County, North Dakota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Mountrail County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.1 min → 19.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 4.6%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 76.8%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mountrail County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.

Drive alone76.8% ±4.0 pp
Carpool14.5% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.9% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.6% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 4,304 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mountrail County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mountrail County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,304 workers age 16+, including 4,106 workers with reported travel time and 198 home workers.

Population estimate9,507± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,304± 263 MOE
Workers with travel time4,106± 265 MOE
Estimated home workers198± 68 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 Mountrail 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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