Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Anoka County, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 17.2% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.6 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone72.7%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Anoka County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Anoka County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 17.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 191,607 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Anoka County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Anoka County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 191,607 workers age 16+, including 158,742 workers with reported travel time and 32,865 home workers.
Population estimate370,349± — MOE
Workers age 16+191,607± 2,070 MOE
Workers with travel time158,742± 2,361 MOE
Estimated home workers32,865± 1,497 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
All Minnesota reports →Comparable Minnesota commute records for Anoka County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.