What is the average commute in Fargo city, North Dakota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fargo city, North Dakota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · ND · GEOID 38257002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fargo, North Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Fargo city, North Dakota
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 9.8% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.5 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home9.8%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone76.7%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Fargo city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute15.7 min → 15.5 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 9.8%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.6%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 76.7%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fargo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 0.6% used public transit and 9.8% worked from home.

Drive alone76.7% ±1.0 pp

Carpool6.9% ±0.9 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.7% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.8% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 75,907 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fargo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

26^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

6^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fargo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 75,907 workers age 16+, including 68,445 workers with reported travel time and 7,462 home workers.

Population estimate131,627± 53 MOE

Workers age 16+75,907± 1,217 MOE

Workers with travel time68,445± 1,248 MOE

Estimated home workers7,462± 773 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

Comparable North Dakota commute records for Fargo city

No other North Dakota place in the 100k–500k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.

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