ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27525222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Princeton, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.9%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone83.3%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.3%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 commute27.5 min → 25.8 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 4.9%▼ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit4.0% → 1.0%▼ 3.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 83.3%▲ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.3% ±4.7 pp
Carpool9.9% ±5.0 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.9% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 2,611 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,274± 216 MOE
Workers age 16+2,611± 356 MOE
Workers with travel time2,483± 368 MOE
Estimated home workers128± 93 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.