ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27093702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cambridge, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.1%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 commute27.3 min → 28.1 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 10.7%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.6%▲ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 71.3%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.3% ±5.7 pp
Carpool9.4% ±3.6 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.3 pp
Walk4.0% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.4 pp
Work from home10.7% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 4,916 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,307± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+4,916± 357 MOE
Workers with travel time4,391± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers525± 159 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.