ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27710322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winona, Minnesota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.8 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 75.1% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.8 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Winona city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.2 min → 13.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 9.0%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 0.7%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 75.1%▲ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Winona city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.1%; 0.7% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool5.1% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.5 pp
Walk7.6% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home9.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 14,492 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Winona city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Winona city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,492 workers age 16+, including 13,194 workers with reported travel time and 1,298 home workers.

Population estimate26,009± 57 MOE
Workers age 16+14,492± 551 MOE
Workers with travel time13,194± 619 MOE
Estimated home workers1,298± 273 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 Winona 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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