ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27020262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Arden Hills, Minnesota

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

8thMean commute percentile

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

92thWork-from-home percentile

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

73thTransit percentile

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

5th60+ 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 the shares

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.