The fair place to meet is Kansas City, MO — the city closest to the midpoint of Dallas and Minneapolis. From the farther side that’s about 9 hr 31 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Kansas City, MO
From Dallas
9 hr 31 min
454 mi to Kansas City
From Minneapolis
8 hr 38 min
412 mi to Kansas City
Minneapolis has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 53 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Dallas and Minneapolis are about 864 miles apart.
Dallas and Minneapolis are about 864 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Kansas City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 9 hr 31 min of driving on the Dallas side and 8 hr 38 min on the Minneapolis side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Kansas City still makes a fair, central place for Dallas and Minneapolis to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Kansas City doesn't have what you're after, Omaha and Oklahoma City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Dallas and Minneapolis.
Kansas City, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by both population and area. It is located on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River, within Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties. Read more →
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the state's northern region, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.