City safety & data profile

New BrightonMN

New Brighton, MN is a 22K-resident city in Ramsey County with a median household income of $88,521.

Ramsey County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for New Brighton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. New Brighton has a population larger than 50% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $364,700.

Data updated 2026-09-03

22K
Population (place)
Top 50%
By size
$88,521
Median income (place)
$364,700
Median home (place)
8.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on New Brighton

New Brighton posts a median household income higher than 59% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 41%
by median income, US cities

Where New Brighton income ranks nationally

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

$88,521 Top 41% higher than 59% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

New Brighton $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 New Brighton, MN beyond the headline numbers

New Brighton sits inside Ramsey County, Minnesota, at roughly 45.07°N, -93.20°W. Population 22,351, $88,521 median household income. Median home value $364,700, median rent $1,397. Poverty rate 8.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 8.3%, poverty in New Brighton, MN runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in New Brighton runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

19.9% of New Brighton 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, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 27.3% in New Brighton, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for New Brighton 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)
22,351
New Brighton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$88,521
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$364,700
-12% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ramsey County): New Brighton'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
543K+5%
Median Income
$81,568+50%
Median Home Value
$326,600+65%
Poverty Rate
12.3%-27%
Unemployment
4.9%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for New Brighton, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,397/mo
Poverty Rate
8.3% -33% vs avg
Unemployment 2.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 48.2%
Work From Home 19.9%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 66.6%
African American 13.9%
Asian 6.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
31.8%
High Blood Pressure
30.8%
Short Sleep Duration
27.3%
Physical Inactivity
18.4%
Binge Drinking
16%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Current Smoking
11.3%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Diabetes
10.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.7%
Annual Checkup 75.8%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3%

What alerts and safety updates affect New Brighton?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-NEW-BRIGHTON · New Brighton

New Brighton: 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 New Brighton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of New Brighton, MN?
New Brighton, MN has a population of 22,351 people, located in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in New Brighton?
The median household income in New Brighton, MN is $88,521 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.3%.
What is the median home value in New Brighton?
The median home value in New Brighton, MN is $364,700. Median rent is $1,397/month.
What are the top health concerns in New Brighton?
The top health indicators in New Brighton include Obesity (31.8%), High Blood Pressure (30.8%), Short Sleep Duration (27.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in New Brighton?
The median age in New Brighton, MN is 37 years. 48.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (8.3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($88,521 here).

Compare New Brighton with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using New Brighton'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 New Brighton 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 New Brighton 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 (Ramsey 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.