What is the average commute in Waite Park city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 27676122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waite Park, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Waite Park city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home5.8%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone80.2%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Waite Park city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.8 min → 18.7 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 5.8%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.9%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 80.2%▲ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waite Park city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 1.9% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±5.8 pp

Carpool7.0% ±3.7 pp

Public transit1.9% ±2.0 pp

Walk3.5% ±4.1 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±1.5 pp

Work from home5.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 3,848 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waite Park city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waite Park city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,848 workers age 16+, including 3,623 workers with reported travel time and 225 home workers.

Population estimate8,399± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+3,848± 487 MOE

Workers with travel time3,623± 492 MOE

Estimated home workers225± 123 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 Waite Park 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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