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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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 381032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wells County, North Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Wells County, North Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.6 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 65.0% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.6 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home10.4%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone65.0%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Wells County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 14.6 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 10.4%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.8%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.2% → 65.0%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wells County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone65.0% ±5.6 pp

Carpool11.1% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.0 pp

Walk11.2% ±3.4 pp

Bicycle1.4% ±1.5 pp

Work from home10.4% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 1,699 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wells County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

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

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wells County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,699 workers age 16+, including 1,523 workers with reported travel time and 176 home workers.

Population estimate3,890± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,699± 112 MOE

Workers with travel time1,523± 122 MOE

Estimated home workers176± 78 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 Wells 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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