ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ND · GEOID 38194202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Devils Lake, North Dakota

Mean one-way trip12.1 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 commute14.3 min → 12.1 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 5.6%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 77.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.4% ±6.2 pp
Carpool9.7% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.9% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.6% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,808 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,308± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+3,808± 281 MOE
Workers with travel time3,595± 306 MOE
Estimated home workers213± 146 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.