ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27472212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North St. Paul, Minnesota

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 21.7 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 12.7%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit5.7% → 2.1%▼ 3.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 71.3%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.3% ±4.6 pp
Carpool11.7% ±4.1 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.7% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,483 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% 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 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.