What is the average commute in Robbinsdale city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 27548082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Robbinsdale city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 20.8% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 1.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home20.8%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone69.4%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.2%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 Robbinsdale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 20.0 min▼ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 20.8%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 0.9%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 69.4%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Robbinsdale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.9% used public transit and 20.8% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±4.6 pp

Carpool4.8% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±1.0 pp

Work from home20.8% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 8,095 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Robbinsdale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Robbinsdale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,095 workers age 16+, including 6,408 workers with reported travel time and 1,687 home workers.

Population estimate14,234± 54 MOE

Workers age 16+8,095± 443 MOE

Workers with travel time6,408± 490 MOE

Estimated home workers1,687± 331 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 Robbinsdale 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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