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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 38533802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Minot, North Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Minot city, North Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home5.3%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Minot city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.4 min → 19.7 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 5.3%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 77.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Minot city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.5% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±3.3 pp

Carpool13.5% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.8 pp

Work from home5.3% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 25,680 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Minot city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Minot city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 25,680 workers age 16+, including 24,323 workers with reported travel time and 1,357 home workers.

Population estimate47,791± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+25,680± 709 MOE

Workers with travel time24,323± 812 MOE

Estimated home workers1,357± 346 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 Minot city

These 5 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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