ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27170002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Duluth, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip17.3 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.1%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute16.7 min → 17.3 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 13.2%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 3.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 69.1%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.1% ±1.6 pp
Carpool7.4% ±0.9 pp
Public transit3.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk4.7% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.2% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 45,570 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate87,093± 127 MOE
Workers age 16+45,570± 927 MOE
Workers with travel time39,572± 983 MOE
Estimated home workers5,998± 606 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.