Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MN · GEOID 270312024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cook County, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.6 min one way; 21.6% worked from home, 63.0% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.6 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home21.6%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.0%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Cook County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 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 Cook County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.0%; 1.8% used public transit and 21.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,858 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cook County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cook County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,858 workers age 16+, including 2,242 workers with reported travel time and 616 home workers.
Population estimate5,635± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,858± 191 MOE
Workers with travel time2,242± 188 MOE
Estimated home workers616± 140 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 Cook County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.