Households in Coon Rapids earn more than those in 66% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.2 in Minneapolis. The poverty rate is 8.2%, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. For jobs and income Coon Rapids is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Coon Rapids: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Coon Rapids’ grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coon Rapids could be anywhere from B to A−.
Coon Rapids by day and by night
On a workday 27,979 residents head out to work, 3,358 work right here, and 20,568 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57,000 people are in Coon Rapids on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Coon Rapids clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Coon Rapids’ 23,926 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coon Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 21,856 → 23,926. 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 Coon Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Coon Rapids
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coon Rapids workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,225 commuters (the 14% 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 Coon Rapids
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.
Coon Rapids is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 33,859 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Coon Rapids households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Coon Rapids’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Coon Rapids ranks: 275th of 698 U.S. towns of 45,000 to 87,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Maple Grove MN | 73,893 | $133K | 4.0% | 3.5% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | West Lafayette IN | 45,747 | $35K | 37.3% | 4.5% | 35% | B+ |
| 274 | Santa Cruz CA | 61,797 | $115K | 17.0% | 7.2% | 29% | B+ |
| 275 | Coon Rapids MN | 64,193 | $88K | 8.2% | 4.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 276 | San Leandro CA | 85,353 | $101K | 8.3% | 5.3% | 12% | B+ |
| 277 | Normal IL | 53,275 | $65K | 21.4% | 3.9% | 26% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 698 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Coon Rapids, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
18% of Coon Rapids works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Anoka (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coon Rapids workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Rapids | – | B+ | A− | 23 min | $88,251 |
| Andover | under 3% | A+ | C | 25 min | $137,593 |
| Brooklyn Park | 3% | A− | A− | 21 min | $89,891 |
| Anoka | 5% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $75,948 |
| Blaine | 5% | A− | B | 25 min | $106,801 |
| Champlin | under 3% | A | A− | 25 min | $116,102 |
| Fridley | 5% | B− | A | 23 min | $77,680 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coon Rapids’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 Coon Rapids: questions
What is the median household income in Coon Rapids?
$88,251 (±$4,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coon Rapids?
8.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coon Rapids?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coon Rapids work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (15%, 15 mi), St. Paul (6%, 19 mi), Fridley (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coon Rapids walkable?
Coon Rapids is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coon Rapids without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coon Rapids, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coon Rapids
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.