What is the average commute in Mounds View city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 27445302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mounds View, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Mounds View city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 18.1% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Mounds View city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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 Mounds View city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 1.8% used public transit and 18.1% worked from home.

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

How Mounds View city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

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

74^thWork-from-home percentile

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

77^thTransit percentile

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

27^th60+ 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 Mounds View city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,124 workers age 16+, including 5,832 workers with reported travel time and 1,292 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Minnesota commute records for Mounds View 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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