Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27048342024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Belle Plaine, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 80.4% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.0 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.4%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Belle Plaine city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Belle Plaine city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,582 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Belle Plaine city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Belle Plaine city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,582 workers age 16+, including 3,308 workers with reported travel time and 274 home workers.
Population estimate7,423± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+3,582± 351 MOE
Workers with travel time3,308± 337 MOE
Estimated home workers274± 98 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Belle Plaine city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.