What is the average commute in Mound city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 27444762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mound, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Mound city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.0 min one way; 25.1% worked from home, 66.4% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Mound city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.1 percentage points.

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 Mound city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 25.1% worked from home.

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

How Mound city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

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

89^thWork-from-home percentile

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

44^thTransit percentile

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

51^th60+ 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 Mound city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,851 workers age 16+, including 3,634 workers with reported travel time and 1,217 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Minnesota commute records for Mound 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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