San Francisco, MN is a small rural city located in the southeastern corner of Minnesota. As such it has limited public transportation options. The local bus system, SMRT (Southern Minnesota Regional Transit) provides scheduled routes around the city and some of its surrounding communities. There are also taxi and private car services available throughout the city as well as Uber and Lyft for those who prefer to use ride-sharing services. The closest airport is Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport which is about an hour away by car. There are buses that run from San Francisco to Rochester, MN where passengers can then connect to the Intercity Bus system which runs between cities throughout the Midwest including Chicago, Detroit and St Louis. With all these options, people in San Francisco have access to reliable public transportation within the city and beyond when needed.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in San Francisco takes 25.4 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in San Francisco get to work:
- 86.6% drive their own car alone
- 3.0% carpool with others
- 4.8% work from home
- 0.9% take mass transit