ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27019002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Apple Valley, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home22.4%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone65.5%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute26.2 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 22.4%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 2.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 65.5%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.5% ±2.2 pp
Carpool7.6% ±1.5 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.4% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 28,263 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate55,679± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+28,263± 754 MOE
Workers with travel time21,941± 827 MOE
Estimated home workers6,322± 589 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.