Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27017202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Anoka, Minnesota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 76.6% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.5 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±3.7 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 Anoka city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 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 Anoka city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,397 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Anoka city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Anoka city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,397 workers age 16+, including 7,407 workers with reported travel time and 990 home workers.
Population estimate17,970± 63 MOE
Workers age 16+8,397± 484 MOE
Workers with travel time7,407± 499 MOE
Estimated home workers990± 257 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 city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.