City safety & data profile

FaribaultMN

Faribault, MN is a 24K-resident city in Rice County with a median household income of $61,449.

Rice County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Faribault, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Faribault has a population larger than 53% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $241,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

24K
Population (place)
Top 47%
By size
$61,449
Median income (place)
$241,500
Median home (place)
16.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Faribault

Faribault posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Faribault area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Faribault

Where Faribault income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,449 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Faribault $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Faribault, MN beyond the headline numbers

Faribault sits inside Rice County, Minnesota, at roughly 44.30°N, -93.27°W. Population 23,650, $61,449 median household income. Median home value $241,500, median rent $1,074. Poverty rate 16.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Faribault, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Faribault, MN stands at 16.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Faribault costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 5.9% of Faribault workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.1% in Faribault, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Faribault workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Faribault from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
23,650
Faribault · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,449
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$241,500
-42% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Rice County): Faribault's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
68K+5%
Median Income
$83,181+39%
Median Home Value
$320,200+71%
Poverty Rate
10.2%-12%
Unemployment
4.5%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Faribault, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,074/mo
Poverty Rate
16.4% +32% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.6%
Work From Home 5.9%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 66.8%
African American 16.6%
Asian 1.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
42.5%
High Blood Pressure
36.5%
Short Sleep Duration
34.7%
Physical Inactivity
32.8%
Current Smoking
19.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.7%
Annual Checkup 74.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ALLINA HEALTH FARIBAULT MEDICAL CENTER
FARIBAULT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Faribault?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Faribault right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-FARIBAULT · Faribault

Faribault: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Faribault

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Faribault.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Faribault; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Faribault, MN? ▼
Faribault, MN has a population of 23,650 people, located in Rice County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Faribault? ▼
The median household income in Faribault, MN is $61,449 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.4%.
What is the median home value in Faribault? ▼
The median home value in Faribault, MN is $241,500. Median rent is $1,074/month.
What are the top health concerns in Faribault? ▼
The top health indicators in Faribault include Obesity (42.5%), High Blood Pressure (36.5%), Short Sleep Duration (34.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Faribault? ▼
Faribault has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Faribault? ▼
The median age in Faribault, MN is 38.7 years. 17.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Faribault, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (16.4% here).

Madison, WI 16.4% East Orange, NJ 16.4% Burlington, NC 16.4% Mishawaka, IN 16.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($61,449 here).

Huron, SD $61,452 Defiance, OH $61,439 Lake Los Angeles, CA $61,467 Findlay, OH $61,423

Compare Faribault with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Northfield, MN 20K Owatonna, MN 26K Lakeville, MN 61K Farmington, MN 23K Apple Valley, MN 51K Prior Lake, MN 25K Rosemount, MN 23K Burnsville, MN 61K
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Using Faribault's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Faribault area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Rice County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.