What is the average commute in Arden Hills city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Arden Hills city, Minnesota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 27020262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Arden Hills, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Arden Hills city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 27.3% worked from home, 57.2% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home27.3%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone57.2%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Arden Hills city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.9 min → 16.8 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home28.1% → 27.3%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.1% → 57.2%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Arden Hills city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.2%; 1.4% used public transit and 27.3% worked from home.

Drive alone57.2% ±4.0 pp

Carpool5.9% ±2.0 pp

Public transit1.4% ±0.9 pp

Walk7.0% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home27.3% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,477 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Arden Hills city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Arden Hills city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,477 workers age 16+, including 3,253 workers with reported travel time and 1,224 home workers.

Population estimate9,658± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+4,477± 257 MOE

Workers with travel time3,253± 265 MOE

Estimated home workers1,224± 178 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 Arden Hills 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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