CoatesMN
A town of 137, settled in 1904.
Is Coates a good place to live?
15% of residents live below the poverty line in Coates, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 7% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Coates has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Coates stand out
Where Coates beats most towns.
137 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
U.S. Bank Stadium and 69 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coates. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
20 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
22 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
14 mi Theme parkNickelodeon Universe
14 mi LandmarkFort SnellingPhoto credits
U.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nickelodeon Universe: Tyler Vigen, CC BY 4.0 · Fort Snelling: en:User:The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Coates: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coates, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Coates.
Coates has 3.0 jobs for every working resident, and 236 people commute in
Most working residents leave Coates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (8%), Hastings (5%) and Farmington (5%).
| Coates | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Coates, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Coates has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 7° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Coates is
Coates beats the Minnesota average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 27% of Coates adults sleep under 7 hours, against 30% in Minnesota’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 19% of Coates adults binge drink.
| Coates | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| What stands out | Coates | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.3% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 11.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Coates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coates City Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Coates
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Coates
About 2 of every 100 Coates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Every workday, about 236 people come to Coates for work
Where Coates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Coates
Town in Minnesota
Coates is a town in the U.S. state of Minnesota located west of the Upper Mississippi River on the exurban fringe in central Dakota County. U.S. Highway 52 connects north to the city of Saint Paul, while County Road 46 draws east–west to nearby suburban cities. As of the 2020 census, Coates had a population of 147. It is named for Civil War Captain Henry C. Coates who served in the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. Major employers are in trucking, moving and recycling services. The city is popular among people from the Twin Cities for the House of Coates, a burger restaurant opened in 1962. St. Agatha's Catholic Church serves as city hall. Originally a rural post office hub in the 1900s, th…
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 912 ft
- Area code
- 651
Questions about Coates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coates, MN a good place to live?
Coates has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.