What is the average commute in Woodbury city, Minnesota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 27714282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbury, Minnesota

Name: Commute estimates for Woodbury city, Minnesota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 27.4% worked from home, 60.6% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home27.4%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone60.6%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.8%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 Woodbury 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 +10.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 23.9 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.4% → 27.4%▲ 10.0 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.1%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 60.6%▼ 11.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodbury city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.6%; 1.1% used public transit and 27.4% worked from home.

Drive alone60.6% ±2.8 pp

Carpool8.8% ±1.8 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home27.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 41,465 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodbury city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

11^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woodbury city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 41,465 workers age 16+, including 30,106 workers with reported travel time and 11,359 home workers.

Population estimate78,305± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+41,465± 1,120 MOE

Workers with travel time30,106± 1,283 MOE

Estimated home workers11,359± 1,011 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 Woodbury 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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