ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27536202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Red Wing, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 commute20.3 min → 19.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 7.2%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 77.4%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.4% ±3.4 pp
Carpool10.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.2% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 7,678 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,758± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+7,678± 445 MOE
Workers with travel time7,123± 470 MOE
Estimated home workers555± 170 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.