Work & commute · Coon Rapids

Work & commute in Coon Rapids, MN

Most working residents leave Coon Rapids for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (15%), St. Paul (6%) and Fridley (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,358 of 31,337 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,979 Coon Rapids residents head out of town to work, 3,358 work right here, and 20,568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coon Rapids.

27,979live here, work elsewhere

3,358live and work here

20,568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coon Rapids goes to work

Minneapolis14.9 mi away

15%4,722

Coon Rapids (in town)right here

11%3,358

St. Paul18.7 mi away

6%1,776

Fridley6.8 mi away

5%1,547

Anoka4.7 mi away

5%1,459

Blaine5.1 mi away

5%1,452

Brooklyn Park4.9 mi away

3%1,071

Plymouth13 mi away

3%1,040

Maple Grove8.3 mi away

3%1,021

Roseville13.5 mi away

2%674

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%13,217

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Coon Rapids commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

50%

42%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coon Rapids is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coon Rapids are

23,926 jobs are based in Coon Rapids. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coon Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coon Rapids

23,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Coon Rapids residents hold

31,337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+9%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.