What is the average commute in Vadnais Heights city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Vadnais Heights city, Minnesota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MN · GEOID 27664602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vadnais Heights, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Vadnais Heights city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 22.7% worked from home, 70.4% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home22.7%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone70.4%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.3%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 Vadnais Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 22.9 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 22.7%▲ 11.0 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 70.4%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Vadnais Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 22.7% worked from home.

Drive alone70.4% ±4.9 pp

Carpool4.3% ±1.6 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp

Work from home22.7% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 6,656 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Vadnais Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Vadnais Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,656 workers age 16+, including 5,148 workers with reported travel time and 1,508 home workers.

Population estimate12,838± 40 MOE

Workers age 16+6,656± 379 MOE

Workers with travel time5,148± 431 MOE

Estimated home workers1,508± 268 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 Vadnais Heights 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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