Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · ND · GEOID 381052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Williams County, North Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 4.0% worked from home, 81.7% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.7 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone81.7%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Williams 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 +1.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Williams County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 4.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 19,755 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Williams County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Williams County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 19,755 workers age 16+, including 18,970 workers with reported travel time and 785 home workers.
Population estimate39,555± — MOE
Workers age 16+19,755± 772 MOE
Workers with travel time18,970± 801 MOE
Estimated home workers785± 315 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
All North Dakota reports →Comparable North Dakota commute records for Williams County
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.