ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27699702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home20.9%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 22.0 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 20.9%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 70.9%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±2.9 pp
Carpool4.9% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home20.9% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 12,109 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,908± 155 MOE
Workers age 16+12,109± 551 MOE
Workers with travel time9,582± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers2,527± 367 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.