ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27087942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burnsville, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 → 23.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 17.0%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 1.4%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 68.7%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±2.5 pp
Carpool10.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home17.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 32,876 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate64,463± 63 MOE
Workers age 16+32,876± 988 MOE
Workers with travel time27,277± 974 MOE
Estimated home workers5,599± 612 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.