Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27087942024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Burnsville, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.3 min one way; 17.0% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Burnsville city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 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 Burnsville city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 1.4% used public transit and 17.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 32,876 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Burnsville city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Burnsville city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 32,876 workers age 16+, including 27,277 workers with reported travel time and 5,599 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Burnsville city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.