City safety & data profile

MinneapolisMN

Minneapolis, MN is a 411K-resident city in Hennepin County with a median household income of $80,846.

Hennepin County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Minneapolis, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Minneapolis has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $362,200, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

411K
Population (place)
Top 1%
By size
$80,846
Median income (place)
$362,200
Median home (place)
16%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Minneapolis

Minneapolis posts a median household income higher than 50% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Minneapolis area.

Top 50%
by median income, US cities
5
hospitals in & near Minneapolis

Where Minneapolis income ranks nationally

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

$80,846 Top 50% higher than 50% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Minneapolis $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 Minneapolis, MN beyond the headline numbers

Minneapolis sits inside Hennepin County, Minnesota, at roughly 44.98°N, -93.26°W. Population 410,939, $80,846 median household income. Median home value $362,200, median rent $1,371. Poverty rate 16%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

5 hospitals in/around Minneapolis, 4/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER.

Poverty in Minneapolis, MN stands at 16%, 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.

A median home in Minneapolis runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

26.2% of Minneapolis workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.8% in Minneapolis, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

6.8% of Minneapolis workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Minneapolis's median age is 33.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Minneapolis 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)
410,939
Minneapolis · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$80,846
-10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$362,200
-12% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hennepin County): Minneapolis'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
1.3M+8%
Median Income
$97,653+52%
Median Home Value
$392,900+70%
Poverty Rate
10%-22%
Unemployment
4.5%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Minneapolis, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,371/mo
Poverty Rate
16% +29% vs avg
Unemployment 5.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 55.5%
Work From Home 26.2%
Public Transit 6.8%

Population

White 60.3%
African American 18.8%
Asian 5.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
29.6%
Obesity
28.6%
High Blood Pressure
25.5%
Physical Inactivity
20.4%
Binge Drinking
19.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Current Smoking
12.7%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
10%
Lack of Health Insurance
9.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.4%
Annual Checkup 71.5%

Other Measures

Diabetes
7.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.1%
Stroke
2.5%

Hospitals 5 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
2
★★★
1
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
5
With ER
4
MINNEAPOLIS VA MEDICAL CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS · Acute Care - Veterans Administration · ER
★★★★★
ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL
MINNEAPOLIS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Minneapolis?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis

Minneapolis: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Minneapolis, MN? ▼
Minneapolis, MN has a population of 410,939 people, located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Minneapolis? ▼
The median household income in Minneapolis, MN is $80,846 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16%.
What is the median home value in Minneapolis? ▼
The median home value in Minneapolis, MN is $362,200. Median rent is $1,371/month.
What are the top health concerns in Minneapolis? ▼
The top health indicators in Minneapolis include Short Sleep Duration (29.6%), Obesity (28.6%), High Blood Pressure (25.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Minneapolis? ▼
Minneapolis has 5 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 4 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Minneapolis? ▼
The median age in Minneapolis, MN is 33.4 years. 55.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Minneapolis, 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% here).

Fort Wayne, IN 16% Kansas City, KS 16% Wilmington, NC 16% Temple, TX 16%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($80,846 here).

Rochester, NH $80,836 Maumee, OH $80,833 Cimarron Hills, CO $80,808 Sedro-Woolley, WA $80,885

Compare Minneapolis with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Longfellow Community, MN 29K Columbia Heights, MN 20K Saint Louis Park, MN 45K Golden Valley, MN 21K Robbinsdale, MN 14K Richfield, MN 36K New Brighton, MN 22K Fridley, MN 28K
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Using Minneapolis'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 Minneapolis 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.
  • Compare Minneapolis against Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

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 (Hennepin 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.