ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27593502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shakopee, Minnesota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.4 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home18.3%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Shakopee city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 22.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 18.3%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 71.0%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shakopee city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.0% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 25,720 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shakopee city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shakopee city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 25,720 workers age 16+, including 21,014 workers with reported travel time and 4,706 home workers.

Population estimate46,012± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+25,720± 748 MOE
Workers with travel time21,014± 916 MOE
Estimated home workers4,706± 641 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 Shakopee 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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