What is the average commute in North Oaks city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 39.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 16.9 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 27471042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Oaks, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for North Oaks city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 39.5% worked from home, 49.9% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±9.4 min MOE

Worked from home39.5%±16.9 pp MOE

Drove alone49.9%±12.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 North Oaks city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.1 min → 26.3 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home28.0% → 39.5%▲ 11.5 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 49.9%▼ 18.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Oaks city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 49.9%; 0.4% used public transit and 39.5% worked from home.

Drive alone49.9% ±12.8 pp

Carpool8.2% ±7.7 pp

Public transit0.4% ±1.0 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±1.3 pp

Work from home39.5% ±16.9 pp

Each share uses 1,852 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Oaks city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Oaks city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,852 workers age 16+, including 1,121 workers with reported travel time and 731 home workers.

Population estimate5,179± 40 MOE

Workers age 16+1,852± 216 MOE

Workers with travel time1,121± 262 MOE

Estimated home workers731± 325 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 North Oaks 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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