What is the average commute in Medina city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Medina city, Minnesota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 41.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MN · GEOID 27414802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Medina, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Medina city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 41.5% worked from home, 50.8% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±6.7 min MOE

Worked from home41.5%±9.2 pp MOE

Drove alone50.8%±7.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Medina city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 26.3 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home33.1% → 41.5%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 0.4%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.8% → 50.8%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Medina city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 41.5% worked from home.

Drive alone50.8% ±7.3 pp

Carpool1.5% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home41.5% ±9.2 pp

Each share uses 3,078 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Medina city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Medina city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,078 workers age 16+, including 1,801 workers with reported travel time and 1,277 home workers.

Population estimate6,968± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+3,078± 360 MOE

Workers with travel time1,801± 302 MOE

Estimated home workers1,277± 319 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 Medina 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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