What is the average commute in Waconia city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 27674322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waconia, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Waconia city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 20.3% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home20.3%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone74.9%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.9%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 Waconia city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 25.2 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 20.3%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 74.9%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waconia city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.4% used public transit and 20.3% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±5.9 pp

Carpool3.1% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home20.3% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 7,286 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waconia city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

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

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waconia city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,286 workers age 16+, including 5,809 workers with reported travel time and 1,477 home workers.

Population estimate13,434± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+7,286± 454 MOE

Workers with travel time5,809± 536 MOE

Estimated home workers1,477± 313 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 Waconia 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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