Work & commute · Cokato

Work & commute in Cokato, MN

About one in 5 of Cokato’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Howard Lake (6%), Stockholm (4%) and Dassel (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

254 of 1,198 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 944 Cokato residents head out of town to work, 254 work right here, and 1,589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cokato.

944live here, work elsewhere

254live and work here

1,589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cokato goes to work

Cokato (in town)right here

21%254

Howard Lake6.4 mi away

6%73

Stockholm3.6 mi away

4%50

Dassel6.3 mi away

4%47

Cokato2.8 mi away

4%43

Delano19.4 mi away

3%41

Minneapolis45.6 mi away

3%41

Buffalo17.3 mi away

3%38

Winsted10.6 mi away

3%33

Plymouth35.6 mi away

3%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%548

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

How far

How far Cokato commutes

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

41%

18%

29%

12%

41%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cokato is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cokato are

1,843 jobs are based in Cokato. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cokato’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cokato

1,843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cokato residents hold

1,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Cokato, 2013 → 2023: 1,608 → 1,843. 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.