ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27251182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grand Rapids, Minnesota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.0 min one way; 9.6% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.0 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±6.2 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 Grand Rapids city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.5 min → 15.0 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 9.6%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 3.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.4% → 69.4%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grand Rapids city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 3.0% used public transit and 9.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±6.2 pp
Carpool12.8% ±3.2 pp
Public transit3.0% ±1.9 pp
Walk3.0% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp
Work from home9.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,796 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grand Rapids city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% 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 Grand Rapids city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,796 workers age 16+, including 4,337 workers with reported travel time and 459 home workers.

Population estimate11,207± 64 MOE
Workers age 16+4,796± 328 MOE
Workers with travel time4,337± 380 MOE
Estimated home workers459± 149 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 Grand Rapids 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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