Coon Rapids Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Coon Rapids, Minnesota: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Coon Rapids: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Coon Rapids spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.9 minutes.

Coon Rapids holds about 1.1% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Coon Rapids would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,298 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Coon Rapids	22.2 min	44.5 min	185 hrs/yr	$5,745	2,954
Minnesota	20.3 min	40.6 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,249	854
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Coon Rapids Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.2 minutes to get to work in Coon Rapids. That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Coon Rapids

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Coon Rapids: 3.6 times more than the Minnesota average (0.7% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Coon Rapids: 3.1 times less than the Minnesota average (0.2% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Coon Rapids, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Coon Rapids get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Other	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	91.4%	3.4%	3.1%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%
2010	91.5%	3.4%	3.2%	1.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%
2011	91.9%	2.6%	3.4%	1.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%
2012	91.8%	2.7%	3.5%	1.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%
2013	91.3%	2.7%	4.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%
2014	91.7%	2.6%	3.7%	1.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%
2015	90.9%	3.1%	3.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
2016	90.2%	4.0%	3.6%	1.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
2017	90.3%	4.0%	3.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.3%
2018	90.4%	4.2%	3.4%	1.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
2019	90.2%	4.3%	3.4%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.2%
2020	89.1%	5.7%	2.8%	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
2021	87.4%	7.7%	2.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	85.3%	10.2%	2.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	84.2%	11.7%	1.7%	1.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	82.6%	13.7%	1.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 91.9%. Overall it fell from 91.4% in 2009 to 82.6% in 2024, down 8.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Coon Rapids: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 13.7% in 2024, up 10.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Coon Rapids

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Coon Rapids?

The bars show when commuters in Coon Rapids leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Minnesota for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

Coon Rapids Minnesota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Coon Rapids is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are more common than in Minnesota: 16.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Minnesota: 41.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.2%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Coon Rapids, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Coon Rapids Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Coon Rapids next to Minnesota and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Coon Rapids	Minnesota	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Coon Rapids were on the road by 7:28 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Coon Rapids now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Coon Rapids has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Coon Rapids's commute time compare?

Metric	Coon Rapids	Minnesota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.2 min	20.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	13.7%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.2%	1.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Coon Rapids is 22.2 minutes, longer than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Coon Rapids, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Coon Rapids, MN is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 63,456 residents against a local median of 33,035. Coon Rapids, MN's work from home, at 13.7%, runs 23% below the 17.9% typical of the cities around it.

The cities themselves spread 5.8% on work from home, so Coon Rapids, MN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Coon Rapids, MN has the 4th highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Coon Rapids, MN	63,456	22.2 min #2/4	13.7% #4/4	7:28 AM #2/4
Brooklyn Park, MN	83,850	20.8 min	14.9%	7:47 AM
Champlin, MN	23,225	23.2 min	17.9%	7:20 AM
Andover, MN	33,035	23.2 min	20.7%	7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Is living in Coon Rapids, Minnesota good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,745 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Coon Rapids, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.