What is the average commute in Mendota Heights city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 30.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 27416962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Mendota Heights city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 30.3% worked from home, 65.5% drove alone, and 1.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home30.3%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone65.5%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.6%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 Mendota Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 19.6 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.5% → 30.3%▲ 11.7 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 0.4%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 65.5%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mendota Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 30.3% worked from home.

Drive alone65.5% ±5.6 pp

Carpool2.7% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp

Work from home30.3% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 5,820 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mendota Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mendota Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,820 workers age 16+, including 4,057 workers with reported travel time and 1,763 home workers.

Population estimate11,612± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+5,820± 345 MOE

Workers with travel time4,057± 405 MOE

Estimated home workers1,763± 239 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 Mendota Heights 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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