ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27720222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wyoming, Minnesota

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute30.0 min → 29.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 18.8%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 70.2%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±6.5 pp
Carpool9.2% ±3.5 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.8% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,949 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,087± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+3,949± 258 MOE
Workers with travel time3,208± 275 MOE
Estimated home workers741± 165 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.