ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27206182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farmington, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home20.4%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 27.7 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 20.4%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.8% → 71.7%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.7% ±3.8 pp
Carpool6.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home20.4% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 13,197 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,902± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+13,197± 518 MOE
Workers with travel time10,504± 659 MOE
Estimated home workers2,693± 375 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.