ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27209062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip12.9 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute13.5 min → 12.9 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 7.3%▼ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 74.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±4.4 pp
Carpool10.4% ±3.8 pp
Public transit2.7% ±1.6 pp
Walk3.9% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.9 pp
Work from home7.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 6,583 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,181± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+6,583± 399 MOE
Workers with travel time6,105± 413 MOE
Estimated home workers478± 139 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.