ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27717342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Worthington, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home3.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 commute17.0 min → 19.0 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 3.8%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 2.7%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.3% → 71.7%▲ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.7% ±3.5 pp
Carpool17.6% ±5.5 pp
Public transit2.7% ±1.5 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 5,609 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,780± 60 MOE
Workers age 16+5,609± 296 MOE
Workers with travel time5,394± 284 MOE
Estimated home workers215± 89 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.