ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27557262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rosemount, Minnesota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 25.1% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home25.1%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone66.1%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Rosemount city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 28.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.2% → 25.1%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 66.1%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rosemount city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 1.0% used public transit and 25.1% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±1.8 pp
Carpool5.6% ±1.2 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home25.1% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 14,793 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rosemount city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53thTransit percentile

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

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rosemount city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,793 workers age 16+, including 11,086 workers with reported travel time and 3,707 home workers.

Population estimate27,562± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+14,793± 480 MOE
Workers with travel time11,086± 430 MOE
Estimated home workers3,707± 493 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 Rosemount 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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