ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27525942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prior Lake, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone63.9%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute26.0 min → 24.7 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 24.6%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.8%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 63.9%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.9% ±3.2 pp
Carpool7.9% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home24.6% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 15,178 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47thTransit percentile

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

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,016± 57 MOE
Workers age 16+15,178± 549 MOE
Workers with travel time11,449± 617 MOE
Estimated home workers3,729± 418 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.