ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27714282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbury, Minnesota

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

40thMean commute percentile

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

91thWork-from-home percentile

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

55thTransit percentile

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

11th60+ 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 the shares

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.