City comparison
Fort Collins, CO is about 650 miles (1,100 km) from Maple Grove, MN in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Fort Collins, CO to Maple Grove, MN takes about 1 h 20 min, covering roughly 650 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Fort Collins, CO is on Mountain Time and Maple Grove, MN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Fort Collins, it's 1 p.m. in Maple Grove, which puts Fort Collins 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Fort Collins has a population of 168,758, vs 70,110 in Maple Grove — about 2.4× larger by population. By land area, Fort Collins covers about 57 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Maple Grove.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Fort Collins | Maple Grove | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,576/mo | $1,768/mo | 12.2% higher in Maple Grove |
| Median home value | $497,400 | $379,800 | 31.0% higher in Fort Collins |
| Median household income | $78,977 | $127,001 | 60.8% higher in Maple Grove |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 102.5 | 5.9% higher in Maple Grove |
| Utilities index | 86.0 | 93.3 | 8.5% higher in Maple Grove |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 103.7 | 3.5% higher in Maple Grove |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 103.9 | 3.7% higher in Maple Grove |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Fort Collins, you'd need $99,963 in Maple Grove to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Fort Collins and Maple Grove have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Fort Collins than in Maple Grove. If you earn $80,000 in Fort Collins, you'd need about $79,970 in Maple Grove to keep the same standard of living.