ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27303922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hugo, Minnesota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home17.9%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Hugo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 26.8 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 17.9%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 78.4%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hugo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone78.4% ±4.1 pp
Carpool3.1% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.9% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 9,121 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hugo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

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

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hugo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,121 workers age 16+, including 7,490 workers with reported travel time and 1,631 home workers.

Population estimate16,340± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+9,121± 502 MOE
Workers with travel time7,490± 528 MOE
Estimated home workers1,631± 327 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 Hugo 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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