ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27301402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hopkins, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home21.0%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone62.5%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.1%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 commute20.2 min → 18.9 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.1% → 21.0%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 3.4%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 62.5%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.5% ±4.3 pp
Carpool9.2% ±3.3 pp
Public transit3.4% ±1.6 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home21.0% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 10,374 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,819± 52 MOE
Workers age 16+10,374± 767 MOE
Workers with travel time8,196± 779 MOE
Estimated home workers2,178± 541 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.