ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27091542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Byron, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip18.2 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home20.4%±6.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±9.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 commute22.4 min → 18.2 min▼ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 20.4%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.3% → 69.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.5% ±9.7 pp
Carpool7.2% ±3.7 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home20.4% ±6.3 pp

Each share uses 3,410 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,646± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+3,410± 240 MOE
Workers with travel time2,716± 381 MOE
Estimated home workers694± 220 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.