Coon Rapids ranks #53 in Minnesota for walkable streets
Coon Rapids is ranked on 37 lists against the 275 Minnesota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 81% of Minnesota
Not better or worse, just Coon Rapids’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Coon Rapids out-ranks 0 of its 6 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Coon Rapids lands in the top half on 6 of 23 lists
Each dot is Coon Rapids’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MN, the right end is last. Areas where Coon Rapids does best come first.
The lists Coon Rapids does best on
Each list ranks every MN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Coon Rapids marked.
Where Coon Rapids lands in every MN ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Orrock · 63.1%
#97
Most trails#1 Two Harbors · 4.8 mi / sq mi
#90
Most walkable#1 Robbinsdale · 140 / sq mi
#53 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Eveleth · 1.1 yrs
#122
W
Cheapest rent#1 White · $509/mo
#191
Lowest property tax#1 Eveleth · $690/yr
#86
N
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Mankato · 30.1%
#79 Health
Healthiest#1 Deephaven · 100 / 100
#193
Lowest obesity#1 Edina · 23%
#178
Fewest smokers#1 Deephaven · 7%
#167
Most active#1 Deephaven · 14%
#198
Fewest uninsured#1 Deephaven · 4%
#148
Lowest depression#1 Crosslake · 20%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waconia · 0.1 mi
#119 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 International Falls · 8.6 min
#139 
People
Most educated#1 Deephaven · 83.5%
#195
C
Youngest#1 Collegeville · 21.7
#117
Oldest#1 Crosslake · 61.0
#157
Most residents 65+#1 Crosslake · 40.1%
#168
Most kids#1 Lonsdale · 36%
#187 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Crosslake · 57.2%
#165
Most new homes#1 Corcoran · 38.2 per 1,000
#182
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crosslake · +76.3%
#188
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Brooklyn Center · 136.2 per home
#29 
The number on the right is Coon Rapids’s spot. All of Minnesota’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every MN list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.