What is the average commute in Baxter city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 27040422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Baxter, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Baxter city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home19.1%±4.9 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 Baxter city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 19.2 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 19.1%▲ 12.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 72.7%▼ 10.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Baxter city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±4.3 pp

Carpool6.3% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home19.1% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 4,492 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Baxter city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Baxter city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,492 workers age 16+, including 3,635 workers with reported travel time and 857 home workers.

Population estimate8,966± 40 MOE

Workers age 16+4,492± 323 MOE

Workers with travel time3,635± 331 MOE

Estimated home workers857± 230 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 Baxter 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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