What is the average commute in Carver city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 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 27101442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carver, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Carver city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.6 min one way; 24.1% worked from home, 72.3% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±8.1 min MOE

Worked from home24.1%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone72.3%±7.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Carver city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute27.9 min → 30.6 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.0% → 24.1%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 72.3%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Carver city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 24.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.3% ±7.7 pp

Carpool2.5% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home24.1% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 3,302 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Carver city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Carver city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,302 workers age 16+, including 2,506 workers with reported travel time and 796 home workers.

Population estimate6,239± 21 MOE

Workers age 16+3,302± 215 MOE

Workers with travel time2,506± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers796± 235 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 Carver 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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