What is the average commute in Big Lake city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 27057522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Big Lake, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Big Lake city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.2 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 9.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.2 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.6%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.9%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.3%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 Big Lake city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.2 min → 33.2 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 9.6%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 74.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Big Lake city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 1.1% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±6.7 pp

Carpool13.0% ±6.0 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home9.6% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 7,147 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Big Lake city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Big Lake city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,147 workers age 16+, including 6,458 workers with reported travel time and 689 home workers.

Population estimate12,367± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+7,147± 456 MOE

Workers with travel time6,458± 462 MOE

Estimated home workers689± 174 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 Big Lake 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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