What is the average commute in Sartell city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 27586122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sartell, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Sartell city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.8 min one way; 12.1% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.8 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home12.1%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone80.6%±3.4 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 Sartell city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 18.8 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 12.1%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.4% → 80.6%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sartell city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.4% used public transit and 12.1% worked from home.

Drive alone80.6% ±3.4 pp

Carpool5.8% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home12.1% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 10,320 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sartell city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

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

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sartell city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,320 workers age 16+, including 9,069 workers with reported travel time and 1,251 home workers.

Population estimate19,758± 285 MOE

Workers age 16+10,320± 584 MOE

Workers with travel time9,069± 583 MOE

Estimated home workers1,251± 307 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 Sartell 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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