ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ND · GEOID 380812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sargent County, North Dakota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.2 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Sargent County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.7 min → 16.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 5.8%▼ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 71.8%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sargent County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±3.4 pp
Carpool13.7% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk7.7% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.8% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 2,031 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sargent County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% 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.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sargent County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,031 workers age 16+, including 1,914 workers with reported travel time and 117 home workers.

Population estimate3,804± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,031± 71 MOE
Workers with travel time1,914± 76 MOE
Estimated home workers117± 41 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 Sargent 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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