ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27456282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Hope, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.3%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.0%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 commute21.6 min → 19.4 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 16.3%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.6%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.1% → 70.3%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.3% ±4.3 pp
Carpool8.7% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.3% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 11,012 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.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,181± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+11,012± 577 MOE
Workers with travel time9,215± 626 MOE
Estimated home workers1,797± 317 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.