Coon Rapids vs Fridley

A side-by-side comparison of Coon Rapids and Fridley: population, income, housing, and more.

Coon Rapids and Fridley are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coon Rapids has the higher population (63,348 vs 29,944 in Fridley). Coon Rapids has the higher median household income ($86,618 vs $79,274 in Fridley). Coon Rapids has the higher median home value ($287,200 vs $277,100 in Fridley).

Population, income & housing

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
Population	63,348	29,944
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,618	$79,274
Median home value	$287,200	$277,100
Median gross rent	$1,418	$1,270
Housing units	25,198	12,565
Homeownership rate	74.2%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
Population	62,517 → 63,348 (+1.3%)	27,668 → 29,944 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$71,267 → $86,618 (+21.5%)	$63,836 → $79,274 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$204,700 → $287,200 (+40.3%)	$198,200 → $277,100 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $1,418 (+24.7%)	$985 → $1,270 (+28.9%)

Coon Rapids

Population

62,51763,348

Median household income

$71,267$86,618

Median home value

$204,700$287,200

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,418

Fridley

Population

27,66829,944

Median household income

$63,836$79,274

Median home value

$198,200$277,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
Under 5	5.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.7%
75 and over	7.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	57.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	7.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
Drove alone	76.6%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.3%
Public transit	1.7%	2.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.7%	13.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
1-unit, detached	60.8%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.8%
20 or more units	13.8%	22.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Coon Rapids	Fridley
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1983	1968