ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27079482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 22.1 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 13.1%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 2.6%▼ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 67.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.9% ±3.7 pp
Carpool14.0% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home13.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 15,300 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,479± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+15,300± 680 MOE
Workers with travel time13,303± 780 MOE
Estimated home workers1,997± 322 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.