Mean travel time to work in Big Lake, MN

Mean travel time to work in Big Lake, MN was 33.2 minutes in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.1 from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 99 cities in 2024.

2024, minutes33.2 Estimated

Change on 2023+1.1

Rank2nd of 99Cities in Minnesota ranked

Series high33.22021

Series low32.12023

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Mean travel time to work in Big Lake, MN, 2021 to 2024

minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.

All 4 values

Period	minutes
2024	33.2 Estimated
2023	32.1 Estimated
2022	33.1 Estimated
2021	33.2 Estimated

Compared with Minnesota and United States

Place	2024
Big Lake, MN	33.2
Minnesota	22.7
United States	26.4

Rankings

US states by mean travel time to work 51 places
US cities by mean travel time to work 3189 places
Cities in Minnesota by mean travel time to work 103 places

Definition

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Mean travel time to work, Big Lake, MN, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Mean travel time to work, Big Lake, MN, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/big-lake-mn. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Mean travel time to work, Big Lake, MN, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/big-lake-mn.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Mean travel time to work, Big Lake, MN, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/big-lake-mn (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Mean travel time to work, Big Lake, MN, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/mean-travel-time-to-work/big-lake-mn. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the mean travel time to work in Big Lake, MN?

Mean travel time to work in Big Lake, MN was 33.2 minutes in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.1 from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 99 cities in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest mean travel time to work in Big Lake, MN?

33.2 minutes in 2021, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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