A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Rogers$2,850/mo

Typical home $464K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $1,789/mo · Housing →

St. Michael$2,670/mo

Typical home $435K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.08% · or rent about $1,483/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Rogers and St. Michael.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Rogers and St. Michael share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

RogersSt. Michael

Rogers ↔ St. Michael5.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

357 St. Michael residents work in Rogers (3.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in St. Michael →

Report cards

Rogers places higher on 15 of 21 MN lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Minnesota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C+RogersSafer than 44% of U.S. towns –St. MichaelNot graded

Schools

ARogersBetter than 87% of districts in the state ASt. MichaelBetter than 94% of districts in the state

Health

A+RogersHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns ASt. MichaelHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

15Rogers

6St. Michael

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 223 towns #32#212 Lowest depressionHealth · 273 towns #244#50 Lowest obesityHealth · 273 towns #8#84 Fastest growingGrowth · 272 towns #3#78 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 275 towns #75#147 Most conserved landOutdoors · 268 towns #25#87 Shortest commuteGetting around · 275 towns #165#227 Most remote workersWork · 272 towns #36#82

Left end = #1 in Minnesota. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Rogers’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

RogersSt. Michael

Snow a year45″45″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 37th

Outdoors & history

RogersSt. Michael

Trails32 mi 4 mi

Conserved land15.2%6.9%

Settled—1890

National Register places1 1

Archive photos15 2

Community

RogersSt. Michael

Library hours a week47 hrs 46 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Minnesota average

RogersSt. Michael

People

Population 13,685Lowest 20,010Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +54.6%Highest MN: +7.6% +11.2%Lowest MN: +7.6%

Median age 37±1.8Lowest 5% below MN 37.6±2.4Highest 3% below MN

St. Michael and Rogers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 32%±4Highest MN: 22.9% 27.6%±3.1Lowest MN: 22.9%

Rogers and St. Michael are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 10.8%±2.1Highest MN: 17.3% 10.3%±1.7Lowest MN: 17.3%

Rogers and St. Michael are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55.3%Highest MN: 39.4% 43.7%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.1Lowest MN: 5.8% 4.9%±1.6Highest MN: 5.8%

St. Michael and Rogers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $158,750±$23kHighest 78% above MN $131,274±$6kLowest 47% above MN

Rogers and St. Michael are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $459,700±$21kHighest 40% above MN $390,100±$14kLowest 18% above MN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,789±$298Highest 40% above MN $1,483±$277Lowest 16% above MN

Rogers and St. Michael are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,891Highest 46% above MN $4,205Lowest 25% above MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.7%±9.6Highest MN: 48.1% 29.4%±14.1Lowest MN: 48.1%

Rogers and St. Michael are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 1.9%Lowest MN: 9.3% 3.2%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.9%Lowest MN: 72.2% 90.1%Highest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 25 yrs newer than MN 1998Lowest 19 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 8% above MN 29 minHighest 28% above MN

Work from home 24.7%±4.4Highest MN: 17.6% 19.1%±3.7Lowest MN: 17.6%

Rogers and St. Michael are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 10%Highest 5.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 20.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.38Highest 0.39Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Minneapolis (13%)Minneapolis (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in St. Michael4% work in Rogers

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.2%Highest 6.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.5 miHighest 4.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 26Highest 10Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 24.1Highest 21.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #24 of 230 in MN #17 of 230 in MN

School district Elk River Public School DistrictSouthwest Metro Intermediate 288 · St. Michael-Albertville Schools

High school in town Rogers Senior HighST. Michael-Albertville Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school 28.1Highest 22.0Lowest

Minnesota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Rogers vs St. Michael

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Rogers

Rogers and St. Michael share a border

Rogers places higher on 15 of 21 MN lists

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