What is the average commute in Detroit Lakes city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 27158322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Detroit Lakes city, Minnesota
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.2 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.2 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home6.6%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.9%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.9%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 Detroit Lakes city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.7 min → 14.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 6.6%▼ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.9%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 77.9%▲ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Detroit Lakes city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.9% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±6.0 pp

Carpool9.7% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp

Walk4.0% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,466 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Detroit Lakes city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^th60+ 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 Detroit Lakes city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,466 workers age 16+, including 4,170 workers with reported travel time and 296 home workers.

Population estimate10,025± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+4,466± 341 MOE

Workers with travel time4,170± 343 MOE

Estimated home workers296± 103 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 Detroit Lakes 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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