ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27619962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spring Lake Park, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute26.0 min → 21.4 min▼ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 14.7%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 1.6%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 70.7%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.7% ±6.0 pp
Carpool9.2% ±4.6 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk2.9% ±3.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home14.7% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,718 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.

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

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

31th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,032± 88 MOE
Workers age 16+3,718± 284 MOE
Workers with travel time3,170± 291 MOE
Estimated home workers548± 184 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.