ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · ND · GEOID 38499002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mandan, North Dakota

Mean one-way trip17.6 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute17.7 min → 17.6 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 10.9%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.9% → 78.0%▼ 9.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±4.1 pp
Carpool9.2% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.9% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 13,733 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.

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% 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.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,522± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+13,733± 506 MOE
Workers with travel time12,238± 628 MOE
Estimated home workers1,495± 447 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.