ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27137082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Credit River, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.8%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commutenan min → 24.1 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 16.8%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.5%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 71.8%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±7.0 pp
Carpool2.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home16.8% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 3,325 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

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

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,551± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+3,325± 226 MOE
Workers with travel time2,765± 225 MOE
Estimated home workers560± 154 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.