ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27568962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 commute19.5 min → 19.8 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 8.5%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 71.9%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.9% ±2.2 pp
Carpool10.5% ±1.8 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk5.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.5% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 35,580 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

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

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate70,629± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+35,580± 905 MOE
Workers with travel time32,552± 979 MOE
Estimated home workers3,028± 420 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.