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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 11.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 380692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pierce County, North Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Pierce County, North Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.3 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.3 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home10.2%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone81.2%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.4%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 Pierce 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 +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.8 min → 11.3 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 10.2%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 81.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pierce County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone81.2% ±6.0 pp

Carpool5.0% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.3% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home10.2% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 1,889 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pierce County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

78^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

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

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pierce County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,889 workers age 16+, including 1,696 workers with reported travel time and 193 home workers.

Population estimate3,928± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,889± 145 MOE

Workers with travel time1,696± 148 MOE

Estimated home workers193± 77 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 Pierce 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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