Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27472212024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North St. Paul, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 1.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.1%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 St. Paul city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How North St. Paul city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 2.1% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,483 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North St. Paul city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North St. Paul city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,483 workers age 16+, including 5,662 workers with reported travel time and 821 home workers.
Population estimate12,570± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+6,483± 491 MOE
Workers with travel time5,662± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers821± 201 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for North St. Paul city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.