Minnesota · Census place 2765164

Tonka Bay, Minnesota

Tonka Bay is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,540 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 295th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,540; #295 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020: +7.4%; +106 people
Land area: 0.9 sq mi; + 1.17 sq mi water
Density: 1,638 / sq mi; State median 1,692

Orange pin: Tonka Bay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Tonka Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Tonka Bay added 106 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,439. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tonka Bay covers 0.94 square miles of land and 1.17 of water, for 1,638 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Tonka Bay is close to the typical town.

What county Tonka Bay is in

All of Tonka Bay's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Tonka Bay holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tonka Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tonka Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55331. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Tonka Bay is

The Census internal point of Tonka Bay is at 44.914400, -93.585500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 23.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shorewood, MN (7,557 people), 0.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 15.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 44.914400, -93.585500
DMS: 44°54'51.84"N 93°35'7.80"W
UTM: 15N 453785.0E 4973608.1N
Geohash: 9zvrw2mj7
Plus code: 86P8WC77+QQ

Daylight in Tonka Bay

At 44.91° N, Tonka Bay gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tonka Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Shorewood, 1.0 miles away, with 7,557 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tonka Bay, MN?

1,540 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 106 (7.4%) from 1,434 in July 2020.

What county is Tonka Bay in?

Hennepin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Tonka Bay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55331.

How far is Tonka Bay from Saint Paul?

23.8 miles (38.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Tonka Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Tonka Bay?

Shorewood, MN, with 7,557 residents, 0.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.