Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27573462024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
St. Michael, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 St. Michael city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How St. Michael city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 11,618 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How St. Michael city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind St. Michael city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 11,618 workers age 16+, including 9,404 workers with reported travel time and 2,214 home workers.
Population estimate20,010± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+11,618± 528 MOE
Workers with travel time9,404± 643 MOE
Estimated home workers2,214± 438 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for St. Michael city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.