Work & commute · Anoka

Work & commute in Anoka, MN

Most working residents leave Anoka for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (11%), Coon Rapids (9%) and St. Paul (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,105 of 8,533 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,428 Anoka residents head out of town to work, 1,105 work right here, and 13,475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anoka.

7,428live here, work elsewhere

1,105live and work here

13,475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anoka goes to work

Anoka (in town)right here

13%1,105

Minneapolis18.4 mi away

11%905

Coon Rapids4.7 mi away

9%746

St. Paul23.1 mi away

5%416

Fridley11 mi away

4%333

Ramsey4.3 mi away

3%293

Maple Grove7.5 mi away

3%283

Plymouth13.7 mi away

3%279

Brooklyn Park7.4 mi away

3%269

Blaine9.5 mi away

3%238

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,666

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Anoka commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

46%

43%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anoka is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Anoka are

14,580 jobs are based in Anoka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anoka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anoka

14,580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Anoka residents hold

8,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+17%

Jobs based in Anoka, 2013 → 2023: 12,502 → 14,580. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.