ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27517302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plymouth, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home28.8%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone62.7%±2.1 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.2 min → 21.7 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.3% → 28.8%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 62.7%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.7% ±2.1 pp
Carpool5.2% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home28.8% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 42,398 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate79,220± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+42,398± 1,030 MOE
Workers with travel time30,194± 1,152 MOE
Estimated home workers12,204± 1,046 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.