What is the average commute in Northfield city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 27469242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northfield, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Northfield city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 16.2% worked from home, 54.9% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home16.2%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone54.9%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Northfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -16.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.5 min → 17.7 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home33.0% → 16.2%▼ 16.8 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone52.1% → 54.9%▲ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Northfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 16.2% worked from home.

Drive alone54.9% ±3.8 pp

Carpool4.9% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk20.7% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle1.9% ±0.8 pp

Work from home16.2% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 10,304 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Northfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

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

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Northfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,304 workers age 16+, including 8,631 workers with reported travel time and 1,673 home workers.

Population estimate20,742± 169 MOE

Workers age 16+10,304± 397 MOE

Workers with travel time8,631± 523 MOE

Estimated home workers1,673± 343 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 Northfield 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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