What is the average commute in Duluth city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 27170002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Duluth, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Duluth city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.3 min one way; 13.2% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Duluth city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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 Duluth city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 3.3% used public transit and 13.2% worked from home.

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

How Duluth city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7^thMean commute percentile

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

49^thWork-from-home percentile

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

82^thTransit percentile

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

13^th60+ 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 Duluth city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 45,570 workers age 16+, including 39,572 workers with reported travel time and 5,998 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Minnesota commute records for Duluth 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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