County profile ยท Minnesota
Working from home in Dakota County, MN
21.3% of workers in Dakota County usually work from home, about 50,241 of 236,304 people. That is 3.7 points above the Minnesota average of 17.6%. It ranks 5 of 87 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Minnesota remote work page.
Work from home
21.3%
Rank in MN
5 of 87
1 = highest share
Remote workers
50,241
Mean commute
23.6 min
Dakota County compared with Minnesota and the US
| Metric | Dakota County | Minnesota | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21.3% | 17.6% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 67.8% | 68.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.2% | 1.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 23.6 min | 22.7 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 19.2% | 16.0% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 23.5% | 19.4% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 236,304 | 2,939,889 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone67.8%
Worked from home21.3%
Public transit1.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Hennepin County25.2%
- Washington County23.6%
- Carver County23.5%
- Cook County21.6%
- Ramsey County20.5%
- Scott County19.7%
- Anoka County17.2%
- Traverse County16.8%
Largest counties in Minnesota
- Hennepin County25.2%
- Ramsey County20.5%
- Anoka County17.2%
- Washington County23.6%
- St. Louis County11.2%
- Olmsted County15.4%
- Scott County19.7%
- Stearns County10.6%