ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27454302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Brighton, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home19.9%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone66.0%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 commute22.0 min → 20.0 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 19.9%▲ 11.6 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 0.6%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 66.0%▼ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.0% ±3.7 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.6 pp
Work from home19.9% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 11,792 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate22,710± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+11,792± 588 MOE
Workers with travel time9,447± 593 MOE
Estimated home workers2,345± 395 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.