ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27141582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crystal, Minnesota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 21.3% worked from home, 64.2% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home21.3%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone64.2%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Crystal city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 21.4 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 21.3%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 2.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.8% → 64.2%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crystal city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.2%; 2.7% used public transit and 21.3% worked from home.

Drive alone64.2% ±2.8 pp
Carpool9.9% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.7% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home21.3% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 12,488 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crystal city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crystal city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,488 workers age 16+, including 9,826 workers with reported travel time and 2,662 home workers.

Population estimate22,476± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+12,488± 573 MOE
Workers with travel time9,826± 566 MOE
Estimated home workers2,662± 399 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 Crystal 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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