ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27324982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kasson, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home13.9%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute24.3 min → 24.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.5% → 13.9%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 71.4%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.4% ±8.8 pp
Carpool12.5% ±3.4 pp
Public transit2.0% ±2.0 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.9% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,413 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,050± 16 MOE
Workers age 16+3,413± 242 MOE
Workers with travel time2,940± 314 MOE
Estimated home workers473± 168 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.