Drive time
Suburbs with the shortest drive to downtown Minneapolis
Drive time from the middle of each city to Downtown Minneapolis in light traffic. Rush hour adds time; residents' average one-way commute (to wherever they work) is shown too.
20 places
The list
How we made it: Every city in our community guides except Minneapolis itself, ranked by drive time in light traffic from OpenStreetMap routing.
- 1LauderdaleRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 12 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 3
- Residents’ average commute
- 23.7 min
- 2St. Louis ParkHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 12 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 20.2 min
- 3Golden ValleyHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 13 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 19.7 min
- 4St. AnthonyHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 14 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 4
- Residents’ average commute
- 19.2 min
- 5CrystalHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 15 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.4 min
- 6RobbinsdaleHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 15 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- 7Columbia HeightsAnoka County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 23.6 min
- 8EdinaHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 8
- Residents’ average commute
- 20.4 min
- 9HopkinsHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 8
- Residents’ average commute
- 18.9 min
- 10Medicine LakeHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 8
- Residents’ average commute
- 17.3 min
- 11RichfieldHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 23.1 min
- 12RosevilleRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 20.7 min
- 13Saint PaulRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 8
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.1 min
- 14Brooklyn CenterHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 17 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 22.1 min
- 15Falcon HeightsRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 17 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 4
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.6 min
- 16FridleyAnoka County
- Drive to downtown
- 17 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 22.6 min
- 17HilltopAnoka County
- Drive to downtown
- 17 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 25.9 min
- 18New BrightonRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 18 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- 19New HopeHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 18 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 19.4 min
- 20WayzataHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 19 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 12
- Residents’ average commute
- 18.3 min
Quick answers
Questions about this list
Which suburb is closest to downtown Minneapolis?
Lauderdale and St. Louis Park: about 12 minutes by car in light traffic, the shortest drive of the cities in our guides.
Are these rush-hour times?
No. They are light-traffic drive times from OpenStreetMap routing, so allow more at rush hour. The Census column shows how long residents actually spend getting to work, wherever that is.
Sources: Drive times: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data (router.project-osrm.org), light-traffic estimates from the Census center point of each city. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Every place links to our guide to it; open it for schools, Census facts, drive times and homes for sale.
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