ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27121602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cloquet, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute18.0 min → 16.7 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 8.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 77.6%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.6% ±4.6 pp
Carpool8.5% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp
Work from home8.6% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 5,958 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,537± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+5,958± 290 MOE
Workers with travel time5,448± 302 MOE
Estimated home workers510± 128 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.