Coates draws 236 commuters a day, with 3.0 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. 237 jobs are based in Coates, and 78 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Coates; the top destination outside it is St. Paul (8%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Coates
On a workday 77 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 300 people are in Coates on a workday afternoon, 116% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Coates, and from where
Where Coates clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 70% of the jobs in Coates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coates, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 237. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Coates: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coates workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Coates
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Coates compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Rosemount (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coates | – | — | — | 25 min | $82,250 |
| Rosemount | 5% | A+ | B+ | 28 min | $129,625 |
| Vermillion Township | under 4% | A+ | B− | 24 min | $126,118 |
| Empire | under 4% | A+ | C+ | 30 min | $147,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coates’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Coates: questions
What is the median household income in Coates?
$82,250 (±$10,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coates?
14.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coates?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (8%, 16 mi), Hastings (5%, 9 mi), Farmington (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coates
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.