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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 380712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ramsey County, North Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Ramsey County, North Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.9 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 1.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.9 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.9%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.7%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 Ramsey County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.1 min → 13.9 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 4.9%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 79.5%▲ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ramsey County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±4.0 pp

Carpool10.4% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk4.5% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home4.9% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 6,122 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ramsey County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% 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.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ramsey County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,122 workers age 16+, including 5,823 workers with reported travel time and 299 home workers.

Population estimate11,556± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,122± 290 MOE

Workers with travel time5,823± 337 MOE

Estimated home workers299± 160 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 Ramsey 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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