ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · ND · GEOID 380932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stutsman County, North Dakota

Mean one-way trip14.1 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.8 min → 14.1 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 6.7%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 79.5%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±2.9 pp
Carpool9.1% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home6.7% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 10,292 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

4thMean commute percentile

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

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,549± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,292± 386 MOE
Workers with travel time9,602± 398 MOE
Estimated home workers690± 184 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.