ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27587382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Savage, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home22.3%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±2.2 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 25.1 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 22.3%▲ 11.0 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 0.5%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 69.6%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.6% ±2.2 pp
Carpool5.9% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.3% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 18,569 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,889± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+18,569± 634 MOE
Workers with travel time14,420± 625 MOE
Estimated home workers4,149± 440 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.