What is the average commute in Rochester city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 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 27548802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rochester, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Rochester city, Minnesota
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 14.7% worked from home, 64.8% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±1.0 min MOE

Worked from home14.7%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone64.8%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.9%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 Rochester city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.2 min → 17.4 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 14.7%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit5.4% → 3.7%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.8% → 64.8%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rochester city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.8%; 3.7% used public transit and 14.7% worked from home.

Drive alone64.8% ±1.7 pp

Carpool10.2% ±1.2 pp

Public transit3.7% ±0.7 pp

Walk4.5% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.2 pp

Work from home14.7% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 64,347 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rochester city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rochester city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 64,347 workers age 16+, including 54,862 workers with reported travel time and 9,485 home workers.

Population estimate122,330± 55 MOE

Workers age 16+64,347± 1,031 MOE

Workers with travel time54,862± 1,085 MOE

Estimated home workers9,485± 633 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 Rochester city

These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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