Commuting in Anoka County, Minnesota: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Anoka County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Anoka County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.2 minutes.
Anoka County holds about 6.5% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 7.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Anoka County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,434 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Anoka County
23.6 min
47.1 min
196 hrs/yr
$6,085
2,410
Minnesota
20.3 min
40.6 min
169 hrs/yr
$5,249
854
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
23.6
minutes to get to work in
Anoka County.
That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 92% of counties in Minnesota
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Anoka County
Car:
79.8%
Worked at Home:
17.2%
Walked:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.9%
Other:
0.7%
Taxi:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Biking is unusually rare in Anoka County: 3.4 times less than the Minnesota average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Anoka County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Anoka County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
91.8%
3.3%
1.0%
2.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
2010
91.6%
3.6%
1.0%
2.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2011
91.3%
3.6%
1.0%
3.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2012
91.2%
3.7%
0.9%
3.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2013
90.6%
4.1%
1.0%
3.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2014
90.7%
4.0%
1.1%
3.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2015
90.6%
4.0%
1.1%
3.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
2016
90.3%
4.3%
1.1%
3.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2017
90.1%
4.5%
1.0%
3.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
2018
90.3%
4.6%
0.9%
3.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
2019
89.8%
5.1%
0.9%
3.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
2020
87.5%
7.7%
1.0%
2.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
85.2%
10.7%
0.9%
2.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
83.3%
13.2%
0.9%
1.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
81.4%
15.3%
0.9%
1.3%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2024
79.8%
17.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.8% in 2009 to 79.8% in 2024, down 12.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Anoka County: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 17.2% in 2024, up 13.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 0.9% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Anoka County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Anoka County?
The bars show when commuters in Anoka County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Minnesota for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAnoka County6.0%Minnesota5.0%
6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAnoka County5.0%Minnesota3.8%
5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAnoka County5.5%Minnesota5.2%
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAnoka County10.8%Minnesota8.4%
10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAnoka County10.5%Minnesota10.2%
10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAnoka County15.1%Minnesota14.8%
15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAnoka County9.3%Minnesota13.8%
9.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAnoka County10.2%Minnesota10.4%
10.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAnoka County4.0%Minnesota4.7%
4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAnoka County5.9%Minnesota5.8%
5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAnoka County2.2%Minnesota2.7%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAnoka County1.5%Minnesota1.3%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAnoka County8.3%Minnesota8.2%
8.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAnoka County5.6%Minnesota5.8%
5.6%
Anoka CountyMinnesotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Anoka County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are more common than in Minnesota: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Minnesota: 45.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.5%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Anoka County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Anoka County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Anoka County next to Minnesota and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Anoka County
Minnesota
United States
2009
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:20 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Anoka County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:21 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Anoka County now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Anoka County has moved 4 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Anoka County in the whole series.
How does Anoka County's commute time compare?
Metric
Anoka County
Minnesota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.6 min
20.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
17.2%
17.6%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.9%
1.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Anoka County is 23.6 minutes, longer than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.
0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Minnesota.
Anoka County, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Anoka County, MN is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 370,272 residents against a local median of 276,224. The measure that sets Anoka County, MN apart most is work from home: 17.2%, 16% below the local median of 20.5%.
The counties themselves spread 13.0% on work from home, so Anoka County, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Anoka County, MN has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Anoka County, Minnesota.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Anoka County, Minnesota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,085 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Anoka County, Minnesota?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Anoka County, Minnesota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Minnesota?
Among counties in Minnesota, the shortest average commutes are in Brown County (10.6 min), Pennington County (10.8 min), Cottonwood County (10.9 min). The longest are in Chisago County (30.9 min), Wright County (28.8 min), Sherburne County (28.8 min).