Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27134562024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 21.1% worked from home, 69.2% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.9 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Cottage Grove city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Cottage Grove city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 21.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 21,842 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cottage Grove city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cottage Grove city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 21,842 workers age 16+, including 17,227 workers with reported travel time and 4,615 home workers.
Population estimate40,992± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+21,842± 687 MOE
Workers with travel time17,227± 726 MOE
Estimated home workers4,615± 458 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Cottage Grove city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.