ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27444762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mound, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home25.1%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.4%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 commute31.7 min → 31.0 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 25.1%▲ 14.1 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 66.4%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.4% ±7.2 pp
Carpool6.5% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home25.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 4,851 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.

81thMean commute percentile

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

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,107± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+4,851± 393 MOE
Workers with travel time3,634± 420 MOE
Estimated home workers1,217± 236 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.