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Maple Grove, Minnesota: Growth & Business Opportunity Report

A citywide research starting point for businesses comparing local growth trends, measured traffic, transit records, and mapped business activity. Use the report to frame your search, then evaluate the exact address before making a commitment.

City boundary refreshed September 2026 · ACS through 2024 · Traffic data through 2025
Population
71,173
Official ACS 5-year estimate · 2024
Households
27,811
Official ACS 5-year estimate · 2024
Median household income
$132,731
Official ACS 5-year estimate · 2024

Growth signals in Maple Grove

These citywide trend figures provide background for a business-location decision. They do not replace research on a specific block, property, or lease opportunity.

+8.4%
Population change
ACS 2015–2024 rolling estimates
+11.7%
Household change
ACS 2015–2024 rolling estimates
+43.2%
Median income change
ACS 2015–2024 rolling estimates
ACS 5-year estimates overlap across years. Read these as a broad local trend, not a precise one-year measurement.

Measured traffic exposure

67 MnDOT traffic measurement locations fall inside the current Maple Grove boundary. The list shows the highest observed AADT measurement on each road, not total city traffic.

  • Weaver Lake Road36,393 vehicles/day
  • Fountains Drive North14,536 vehicles/day
  • Main Street12,833 vehicles/day
  • Grove Circle North11,868 vehicles/day
  • Sycamore Lane8,340 vehicles/day
  • West Fish Lake Road8,077 vehicles/day

Business & transit context

109 mapped food, retail, and related place records fall within the current city boundary. Transit data includes 13 mapped stops.

Restaurant 44Fast food 40Retail area 8Supermarket 8Cafe 4Department store 3Wholesale / big-box 2
The highest route count at one mapped transit stop is 3. Counts describe available mapped records and do not measure customer demand.

Hennepin County development context

Residential building-permit activity is a broader county-level signal. It is included for market context only and is not a measure of construction within Maple Grove.

3,919
Housing units permitted
2024 · Hennepin County
$1,384,366,748
Construction value
Authorized in 2024 · county level
-58.3%
Permit-unit change
County comparison, 2022–2024

What this means for a new location

Maple Grove includes a mix of commercial corridors and residential areas. The free address lookup helps compare the immediate conditions around a prospective location.

The strongest use of this report is to form a shortlist, then compare actual addresses before making a commitment. Traffic counts, surrounding businesses, access, and the immediate tract can be materially different within the same city.

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Methodology, coverage, and limitations

Population, households, and median household income are direct American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the incorporated place of Maple Grove. The trend compares rolling ACS estimates from 2015–2024; overlapping ACS windows are useful for broad direction, not precise year-to-year change.

Traffic figures are individual MnDOT AADT measurement locations within the current Census incorporated-place boundary, using 2025 data. They are not a citywide vehicle total, pedestrian count, sales forecast, or proof of visibility at every address.

Nearby-business and transit counts use point records inside the same city boundary. They describe available mapped records, not every business or stop in the market. Building permits are shown only as Hennepin County context and are not attributed to Maple Grove alone.