What is the average commute in Byron city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.3 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 27091542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Byron, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Byron city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.2 min one way; 20.4% worked from home, 69.5% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Byron city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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 Byron city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.5%; 1.1% used public transit and 20.4% worked from home.

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

How Byron city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13^thMean commute percentile

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

80^thWork-from-home percentile

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

69^thTransit percentile

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

7^th60+ 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 Byron city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,410 workers age 16+, including 2,716 workers with reported travel time and 694 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Minnesota commute records for Byron 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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