Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · ND · GEOID 38072002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bismarck, North Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.6 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.6 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Bismarck city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 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 Bismarck city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 38,489 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bismarck city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bismarck city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 38,489 workers age 16+, including 35,567 workers with reported travel time and 2,922 home workers.
Population estimate75,556± 71 MOE
Workers age 16+38,489± 990 MOE
Workers with travel time35,567± 1,012 MOE
Estimated home workers2,922± 469 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 North Dakota reports →Comparable North Dakota commute records for Bismarck city
These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.