What is the average commute in Albert Lea city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Albert Lea city, Minnesota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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.

PLACE · MN · GEOID 27006942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Albert Lea, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Albert Lea city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.8 min one way; 7.1% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.8 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home7.1%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.0%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 Albert Lea city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.8 min → 17.8 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 7.1%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 77.5%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Albert Lea city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.1% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±3.3 pp

Carpool8.7% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.5% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp

Work from home7.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 7,942 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Albert Lea city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Albert Lea city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,942 workers age 16+, including 7,379 workers with reported travel time and 563 home workers.

Population estimate18,330± 60 MOE

Workers age 16+7,942± 373 MOE

Workers with travel time7,379± 332 MOE

Estimated home workers563± 164 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 Minnesota commute records for Albert Lea city

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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