Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27186742024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Elk River, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 15.8% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.4 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home15.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 Elk River city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Elk River city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 1.3% used public transit and 15.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,581 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Elk River city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Elk River city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,581 workers age 16+, including 12,277 workers with reported travel time and 2,304 home workers.
Population estimate26,793± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+14,581± 671 MOE
Workers with travel time12,277± 819 MOE
Estimated home workers2,304± 444 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Elk River city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.