Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27722382024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Zimmerman, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.5 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 68.3% drove alone, and 15.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.5 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone68.3%±8.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.4%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 Zimmerman city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Zimmerman city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.3%; 1.2% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,734 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Zimmerman city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Zimmerman city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,734 workers age 16+, including 3,308 workers with reported travel time and 426 home workers.
Population estimate6,546± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+3,734± 329 MOE
Workers with travel time3,308± 379 MOE
Estimated home workers426± 215 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Zimmerman city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.