Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27580002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
St. Paul, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 20.2% worked from home, 58.9% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.1 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home20.2%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone58.9%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 St. Paul city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 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. Paul city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.9%; 5.4% used public transit and 20.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 158,021 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How St. Paul city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind St. Paul city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 158,021 workers age 16+, including 126,092 workers with reported travel time and 31,929 home workers.
Population estimate307,284± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+158,021± 2,462 MOE
Workers with travel time126,092± 2,377 MOE
Estimated home workers31,929± 1,463 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. Paul city
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.