ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27375022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Little Canada, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home22.3%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute23.8 min → 23.6 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 22.3%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit4.0% → 1.3%▼ 2.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.3% → 68.7%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±3.8 pp
Carpool5.1% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home22.3% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 5,085 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.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,514± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,085± 382 MOE
Workers with travel time3,949± 374 MOE
Estimated home workers1,136± 260 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.