ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27445302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mounds View, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home18.1%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute24.8 min → 23.4 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 18.1%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 1.8%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 69.0%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.0% ±2.8 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.3 pp
Public transit1.8% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.1% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 7,124 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,926± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+7,124± 371 MOE
Workers with travel time5,832± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers1,292± 261 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.